Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ames!ads.com!saturn!bhanafee From: bhanafee@deimos.ads.com (Brian Hanafee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: I am thinking of buying a fax modem Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 91 20:43:59 GMT References: <50422@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News) Distribution: usa Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mountain View, CA 94043, +1 (415) 960-7300 Lines: 42 In-Reply-To: rpena@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu's message of 12 Jun 91 21:52:41 GMT > but would like to know more about the brands that are out at the moment. > Also I would like to know at what speed they work at plus anything that > might affect my opinion or my decision of which I should buy. > > I thank you and the people that work with me thank you. > > Robert > MacWorld recently reviewed fax-modems, you might want to look at that issue (April 1991?) The important decision you have to make first is whether or not you want the capability to receive faxes. If you don't really need it, there are lots of modems which can send faxes in the $100-$200 range. For send/receive fax modems, almost all will handle faxes at 9600 baud, and the modems will work at either 2400 or 9600 baud, depending on how much you want to pay. The 2400/9600 tend to start at around $300 mail-order, and the 9600/9600 are about twice that. Right now, I think the top two contenders in the 2400/9600 market are the DoveFax and the Abaton Interfax. I do not know what the compatability of the DoveFax is with System 7, but I do know that the Interfax software is *not*. I have one. I bought it about a week after System 7 was released. They originally said the new software would be ready "in June", then "mid-to-late June". As of yesterday, they are saying "late June or the first week of July". The person I spoke to said that the new version will run under System 7, but "won't use all the System 7 features" until August. She was unable to say when TrueType would work (the current software does not work with the TrueType init under System 6). She also said that the new software would cost "$25-$30", even for those of us who purchased the modem recently. My recommendation is that you not buy an Interfax until Everex (the manufacturer) gets their sh*t together. Brian Hanafee Disclaimer: I speak only for myself.