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From: skl@van-bc.UUCP (Samuel Lam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Fax as part of modem
Summary: Yes, G3 is the current standard.
Keywords: FAX, G3, Modem
Message-ID: <199@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 90 15:00:04 GMT
References: <2589@leah.Albany.Edu>
Reply-To: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Organization: Balliffe Intersystem, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Lines: 19

In article <2589@leah.Albany.Edu>, ppd491@leah.Albany.Edu (Peter P. Donohue)
 wrote:
>I am looking into getting a 2400 baud internal modem.  While looking
>through the Compuer Shopper I saw some advertised that have Fax sending
>(though no receiving) capabilities for about $30 more.  The fax is
>supposed to be 4800 baud and match the requirements for type III (or G3;
>something like that) faxes.  What I am wondering is if this is the
>normal standards/requirements for a fax (ie. can I send to other fax
>machines)?

Yes, Group 3 (or G3) is the standard almost all stand-alone FAX machines
use these days.  However, many of today's FAX machines are also 9600 baud,
so that card will take about double as long to send a FAX to these machines
when compared to a 9600 baud FAX card.  (The 9600 baud FAX machines will
drop down to 4800 baud when talking to that card.)

...Sam
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