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From: tnixon@hayes.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: Re: Fax modems & TR-29 & UNIX driver source
Message-ID: <3870.27e60327@hayes.uucp>
Date: 19 Mar 91 12:25:11 GMT
References: <1991Mar18.055613.28467@mel.dit.csiro.au>
Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
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In article <1991Mar18.055613.28467@mel.dit.csiro.au>,
worsley@manta.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Andrew Worsley) writes: 

>    1. Does anyone have (or know how to get) a more recent version of the
> specification. The EIA people say they have withdrawn it and will prehaps
> release a public version late this year or early next! 

>    4. Is anyone on the TR-29 committee that can comment on the
> progress of the standards (if they can't release it at the moment). 

I represent Hayes on TR-29 and its subcommittees.

The Class 1 standard is available as EIA/TIA-578, and is available 
from EIA Standards Sales (202-457-4966).  The Class 2 draft 
(SP-2388) was voted down last October, and has since been under 
revision.  It is supposed to be going out for an internal committee 
ballot again real soon (this month); if that ballot is successful, 
then the draft will once again go out for industry ballot (as 
SP-2388-A).  The soonest that will happen is June.  The ballot 
period will be about three months, and publication takes about 
another two months after that.  So, "late this year" is a good 
estimate -- assuming all goes smoothly.

If you want to try to get a copy before then, you can contact the
chairman of TR-29.2 and get on his list of interested people; he may
be willing to send you a copy for review.  He is Joe Decuir of
Everex Systems, Inc., 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 220, Berkeley CA
94710, voice 415-486-2611, fax 415-845-5441, email
75410.3114@compuserve.com OR jdecuir@attmail.com. 

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