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From: tnixon@hayes.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: send fax w/o fax/modem?
Message-ID: <3804.27c53fb5@hayes.uucp>
Date: 22 Feb 91 15:58:45 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.100119.14605@isc.rit.edu>
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
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In article <1991Feb19.100119.14605@isc.rit.edu>,
xxw8409@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman) writes: 

> Is it possible to send fax without a special fax/modem? I'd think it'll
> be possible to reprogram the modem to send out the signals required for
> a fax. I have a Courier HST.

Well, yes, of course it is possible to reprogram the modem to
support fax modulation -- but you can't reprogram the modem
yourself!  And wouldn't such reprogramming then make the modem "a
special fax/modem"? 

I haven't heard any announcements from USR regarding their
supporting Group 3 fax modulations or TIA fax DCE command sets in
their modems.  Until they do, the only way for you to send a fax 
with your modem is through an email service such as CompuServe, AT&T 
Mail, or MCI Mail.

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