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From: wallyk@bicycle.WV.TEK.COM (Wally Kramer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Fax Boards aren't worth SPIT!! (Part 2)
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Date: 27 Feb 91 01:30:14 GMT
References: <1991Feb21.214618.23491@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1991Feb22.021532.1256@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Feb22.021532.1256@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
gardner@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Gardner) writes:
...
> I [used] intel's Connection Coprocessor.
...
> It's not a cheap card, but you get what you pay for.  It has a TSR, but I
> don't remember just how large.
...

My previous contract was with the Intel division engineering PC Fax boards.

The CCP is no longer manufactured for retail use and will receive little
enhancement in the future.  It's replacement is the SatisFAXtion-- a much
more capable product.  List price is $499.  The street price has been as low
as $370.  It includes a port for a scanner, a 2400 baud MNP class 5 modem
with reasonable line contention between the fax & modem.  It has an onboard
80186 (16MHz) processor to offload communication processing.

SatisFAXtion memory requirements are:
	The device driver is ~2K
	CASMGR is 67K (6K if EMS is used) this component is unloadable
	FAXPOP is 8K (swaps ~180K) unloadable
So, to be able to send or receive faxes, about 78K of memory is needed
(only 16K if EMS can be used).  FAXPOP requires free memory of about 180K
to work, but uses only 8K.  This is because it swaps itself to disk, EMS 
or XMS
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