Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: fax modems / 'normal' modems
Message-ID: <1988Apr14.182817.414@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <834@spdcc.COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 88 18:28:17 GMT

> ... Shouldn't you be able to transmit a fax using just your modem,
> given the proper fax format and a special software program?

Unfortunately, it's another case of "standards are great because there are
so many to choose from".  Computer modems and "fax modems" (so to speak)
are incompatible.  You could send fax data to another computer just fine,
but if you want to be able to talk to fax machines, you need a "fax modem",
which is essentially what the PC fax add-ons are.
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"Noalias must go.  This is           |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
non-negotiable."  --DMR              | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry
