Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 05:43:26 GMT From: William Vajk Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Easy Fax to ASCII? Reply-To: William Vajk Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 454, Message 3 of 8 Lines: 24 In article Ralf Bayer writes: > In telecom 11/445 William Vajk writes: >> On the other hand, to convert from ascii to fax is relatively easy, >> but certainly not easy enough to make a fax machine into a computer >> peripheral. > Well, that's not quite true. There are several vendors of fax cards > with associated software. These things transfer ASCII directly into > fax format, [Balance deleted] What you wrote was true, but not related to the discussion at hand. A fax machine is simply not a reasonable a computer peripheral (as the parent article had requested.) The idea proposed was to make a fax machine into a printer 'without serious investment.' I simply don't see buying a fax board and software a rational response to making a fax machine double as a printer. Bill Vajk