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From: sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Networks considered harmful
Message-ID: <9153@asylum.SF.CA.US>
Date: 20 Dec 89 06:31:39 GMT
References: <8912190403.AA05387@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <NELSON.89Dec19094003@image.clarkson.edu> <100@van-bc.UUCP>
Reply-To: sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher)
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In article <100@van-bc.UUCP> sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes:
>In my opinion one of the nicer DOS based fax packages is done by Intel with
>their Connection Co-Processor. It is a smart board which will send/receive
>fax/files in the background. With it you can send a fax, receive a fax, send
>a file to another pc with a CPP or receive a file from another pc with a
>CPP.  Of course this all happens in the background, just like on a real os.

The idea behind the connection coprocessor was great.  Unfortunately,
while Intel released the specs to software vendors, so you could send
messages from within software, they made it difficult for hardware
vendors to get specs.  This meant that you could only do this if both
you and the destination had Intel boards.  So it hasn't been very
successful.  Also, some people haven't been thrilled with the
technical specs of the Intel board; I'll think about it and try to
remember what they've said.