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From: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: want info on fax modems for PC
Message-ID: <6916.27D08430@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 91 12:11:08 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS - Kitchener, Ontario

 >From: tnixon@hayes.uucp

 >The Hayes JT Fax 9600 has received very good reviews in
 >a lot of magazines, both for the quality of the modem
 >itself and the software.  Hayes provides DOS software,
 >but there is very good software available also for 
 >Unix from several different companies.

   I'm not fond of the DOS software that comes with *any* FAX card.  
Generally speaking, they've got to be TSRs (since Mess-DOS isn't 
multitasking), and I despise TSRs (especially on my multitasking DOS box, 
where they sometimes interfere with other programs).

   The Hayes (Quadram... Asher...) JT-FAX 9600B card is an excellent product, 
its drawbacks being limited primarily to the price and the fact that the FAX 
card does not, by default, come with a 'normal' modem (last I checked, *1200* 
bps modem daughtercards were available!).

   I have used this card with software for both Xenix/Unix and QNX.
 

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