ppd491@leah.Albany.Edu (Peter P. Donohue) (02/23/90)
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)? Any help would be appreciated. Pete Peter P. Donohue ppd491@albny1vx.bitnet . "Education is a journey, ppd491@leah.albany.edu . not a destination..." -- Peter P. Donohue ppd491@albny1vx.bitnet . "Education is a journey, ppd491@leah.albany.edu . not a destination..."
skl@van-bc.UUCP (Samuel Lam) (02/25/90)
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 -- Internet: <skl@wimsey.bc.ca> UUCP: {van-bc,ubc-cs,uunet}!wimsey.bc.ca!skl