JAJZ801@CALSTATE.BITNET ("Jeff Sicherman,CSU Long Beach") (03/11/89)
Someone at a computer store told me that Apple is coming out with a FAX modem/interface. Does anybody know anything about this ? Is it for the MAC or II(GS) line ? Please reply to me directly, I am not on the list. Jeff Sicherman jajz801@calstate.bitnet
SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (03/12/89)
>Rotten Apple > > Dug up Feb 89 copy of Computer Shopper (actually wasnt buried TOO deep > yet). Has several articles on PC Fax, including two on the Apple one > for the MAC. Mentions the bug you recounted and the recent fix. > > Very disappointed no IIGS support, though I would imagine it's a > software issue (and marketing, of course - that's what happens when > you let soft-drink peddlers into computers - short circuits). I would > think the hardware can be interfaced, at least through an adaptor at > worst, but without s/w to convert document and picture files to the > FAX format, it's useless. Any rumors, vapor or otherwise? I haven't heard any hints of an adaptation of the Apple FAX (or any other) for the IIgs. I suppose that a IIgs connected to an AppleTalk net could use an Apple FAX on that net(?). I don't know of a flatbed scanner for the IIgs either. Apple doesn't view the IIgs as a business machine (in fact, I think the very idea horrifies them :-), hence why would anyone with an Apple 2 have a FAX (narrow vision :-(? An aside: Did you see 20/20 last night? Lynn Shearer was interviewing a big time New York lawyer in his office, and what did he have sitting behind him??? A IIgs!! (I guess even big time New York lawyers can't always afford -- or justify the added expense of? -- Macs!). > I know that Quadram has an external version of their JT Fax, Any info > on it re Apple suitability ? I believe there IS Macintosh software available for FAX's other than Apple's, but I don't know of any for the Apple IIgs (surprising perhaps in light of recent news that the IIgs is selling at roughly the same rate <in units> as the Compaq 386). > Thanks again, > > jeff Sicherman (JAJZ801@CALSTATE.BITNET) Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) According to the American Facsimile Association, more than half the calls from Japan to the U.S. are fax calls. FAX it to me at: 1-203-486-5246
delaneyg@wnre.aecl.CDN ("H. Grant Delaney") (03/12/89)
Considering the speed at which Appleworks GS create a Printer File would you really want to attach a fax to a GS. Fax images are produced in a similar way to a DOT MATRIX image with a special set of HI RESOLUTION fonts. I wonder if an GS with out speedup is up to producing the file for a 9600 Baud fax modem. I suppose the file could be created and then sent I know the GS is up to high speed file transfers from the RAM DISK. Grant
JAJZ801@CALSTATE.BITNET ("Jeff Sicherman,CSU Long Beach") (03/12/89)
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Considering the speed at which Appleworks GS create a Printer File would
you really want to attach a fax to a GS. Fax images are produced in a similar
way to a DOT MATRIX image with a special set of HI RESOLUTION fonts. I wonder
if an GS with out speedup is up to producing the file for a 9600 Baud fax
modem. I suppose the file could be created and then sent I know the GS is up
to high speed file transfers from the RAM DISK.
Grant
===== Reply from Jeffrey Sicherman <JAJZ801> =========================
The need was more for functionality than performance and as a way of
getting high-quality images without paying for an expensive FAX machine
(as high as FAX gets in quality - printer limited in this case of course).
Jeff