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From: toms@utoday.com (Tom Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: want info on fax modems for PC
Message-ID: <1991Mar02.000735.19933@utoday.com>
Date: 2 Mar 91 00:07:35 GMT
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In article <44845@ut-emx.uucp> sanjay@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Sanjay Keshava) writes:
>
>I'm sure this has already been discussed, but a search through recent
>messages didn't reveal much in recommendations or descriptions on use.
>
>Seeing how I'm about to graduate and am looking for a job, I think it
>would be a good idea to get a Fax modem for my PC.  The local copy
>store charges $1 per page for faxing, and I foresee sending many
>resumes to NJ, NYC, Washington DC, and Los Angeles from Austin, so
>this could add up.  (I've already spent a considerable amount.)
>
>I realize that standards probably haven't been established yet, but I
>can't wait for them.  So what I'd like to know is:
>
>What input format do the Fax modems require?  ...text, formatted text,
>bitmap?
>
>In what format do fax modems output received faxes?
>
>How can I view received documents?
>
>What are the general procedures for creating and sending a fax, and
>receiving and viewing one?
>
>Are PC fax modems compatible (baud rate, encoding, etc.) with
>conventional fax machines?
>
>What features should I look for?
>
>Lastly, any horror/success stories?  ...recommendations?
>
>Thanks in advance.

I purchased the Frecom FAX96 board for my PC.  It is a fax board,
not a Fax-Modem board.  The board comes with software which will
allow you to receive and send faxes.  To send a fax, you just
tell the software the number to fax to, and the name of the ASCII
text file which you want to fax.  I believe they just released an
update which will allow you to fax word-processed documents as well.

When a FAX comes, a TSR program in the background will take over your
PC until the fax is received and then you can continue working.  The
fax is stored on disk, and can be viewed and printed using their software.

I have had no problems with this board, and I know of two other people
using the same board and they love it as well.

I think PC Magazine did a review of Fax boards in their April/May or
June 1990 issue.  FAX96 was rated tops on this survey.

By the way, the software automatically generates the standard FAX
cover sheet for you.

Good Luck.


Tom Smith
toms@utoday.com