Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Subject: New cheap 2400 bps modems with 4800 bps "send fax" ability
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 91 07:07:48 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Mar10.070748.23588@looking.on.ca>
References: <2304@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au> <1991Mar9.005957.13043@cbnewsi.att.com>
Keywords: Facsimile, Fax, electronic mail

I have seen a series of modems appear on the market that have a 4800
bps or 9600 bps send fax capability.

It is obvious that somebody has put together a 2400 bps modem chipset and
thrown this in.   Great -- except they only come with fairly shoddy
text-file-to-fax drivers for DOS, so you can't customize much, add
graphics or signatures or support printer formats, or in my case, use
it from a Unix system.

Does anybody have any specs on how these work, or has anybody done any
software that could be compiled on a Unix system to drive these modems.
I assume they're pretty stupid -- after negotiation of the call you need
to just spew out pre-prepared group III fax codes.

Since these modems are as little as $100 in discount stores, many of
us might be interested.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473