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From: mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan)
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Subject: Re: Fax machines for the NeXT
Keywords: fax
Message-ID: <1991Jun15.213254.20604@wam.umd.edu>
Date: 15 Jun 91 21:32:54 GMT
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In article <1991Jun14.003752.12627@milton.u.washington.edu> dave@nucleus (Dave Coder) writes:
>In article <HROSE.91Jun13170944@eff.org> hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose)  
>writes:
>> (I'm fairly new to the NeXT community so no newbie flames please :-)
>> 
>> I'm looking for a fax machine to hang off of a NeXT Cube (with an 040
>> board running System Software version 2.) Some kind of "lpr" interface
>> would be nice, because we have a Sun that we'd like to send things
>> from, also.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>I've had the InterFax 24/96 FX from Abaton working for several weeks (Next  

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>
>Problems: won't answer incoming fax; still needs to be setup. The Abaton  
>(Everex makes it for the Mac) modem has a 40 character limit (could be a  
>problem with long strings for long distance service access and credit card  
>numbers). A few oddities seen with printing to fax from FrameMaker--not  
>consistent enough to see a real pattern. 
>
>I haven't tried setting it up as 2400 data modem yet. This and most of the  
>problems mentioned above should be fairly easy to fix. This on the list of  
>things to get done Real Soon Now.

I would like to point out that the DoveFax, while small and frail looking,
has not yet failed me once. 

It answers every call, and FAXes every message. From Frame, TopDraw, Edit,
or whatever.

What I would like to know is this: Is there a way to FAX a document from
the Command Line? 

MikeC

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