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From: hoepfner@lheavx.gsfc.nasa.gov (PATRICK HOEPFNER)
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Subject: Re: v.32bis sent on v.32 order
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Date: 29 Mar 91 14:19:17 GMT
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In article <1991Mar28.042403.39653@camb.com>, bruce@camb.com (Barton F. Bruce) writes...
>A friend ordered a USR v.32 modem and it came with a sticker on the
>box proclaiming "Now with V.32bis". Same price.
> 
>Another brand says they will simply be shipping v.32bis within a few weeks
>instead of v.32 modems. They have BOTH today, but would rather not chase the 
>plummeting v.32 prices into the sewer. By giving v.32bis, they will leave
>the price locked where it has been for quite a while.
> 
>Anyone else get a v.32bis without asking for it? 
> 
>Anybody know of other companies about to simply include v.32bis?
> 
>Any v.32bis/FAX versions have v.17 FAX or whatever it is yet?

   USR has a free upgrade to V.32bis from the V.32 (V.42 to V.42bis were
also a free upgrade).

   I have seen two V.32bis/V.42bis + Send/Receive Fax modems.  Promethius
makes one called the ProModem Ultima.  I don't recall the other.  Since I
own a Macintosh the Ultima is nice because it includes the cabling and
software for FAXing.  The other brand didn't.

   Again, I don't know what platform you have but the FAX stuff can be
pretty miserable if you you have to do it on a PC or unix machine by
exporting all your files as text and sending them through a utility to
convert the file to a faxable document (and loosing all of your
formatting).

   On the Macintosh you can treat the FAX modem just like a printer.  This
means that your software (Word processing, graphics, etc) doesn't know or
care that you are not using a printer and the FAX machine on the other end
gets your graphics and word processing documents with formatting intact.

   There may be better FAXing stuff that I have seen for the PC's or Unix
machines.  Just that since the Macintoch was built to do graphics, the
FAXing can be done easily.