Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!van-bc!sl From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Networks considered harmful Keywords: email fax Message-ID: <101@van-bc.UUCP> Date: 19 Dec 89 23:52:24 GMT References: <8912190403.AA05387@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1250@toro.UUCP> <6042@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <7367@ficc.uu.net> Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Organization: Wimsey Associates Lines: 25 In article <7367@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: }In article <6042@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David L Stevens) writes: }> Fax can do everything e-mail can do (given that all parties have }> Fax machines), but e-mail can't do everything that Fax can. } }Sorry, this is false. Show me how to FAX a program and I'll believe you. }And of course you can always digitize your picture and send it as an }attached file... and then the other guy can access it remotely. }-- }`-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . } 'U` Also or . }"It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier }and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com The EIA is sponsoring various committee's to look at extensions to the CCITT Fax standards. Including one for File Transfer between computers equipped with V.29 fax style modems. Various fax board manufacturers already have proprietary protocols that allow you to transfer files between two pc's as long as you have one of their boards at each end. -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca ubc-cs!van-bc!sl 604-937-7532(voice) 604-939-4768(fax)