john13@garfield.UUCP (12/06/87)
If so, does software for the purpose exist or would it have to be written specially? How about documentation on the Fax format? This question comes from a guy in our user's group, this was an area he mentioned from his work where a PC might be able to do the job just as well. John -- "Klaatu barada nikto... I always wondered what those words meant." "It means live from New York, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!" -- Ronald Reagan (Phil Hartman) shows Mikhail Gorbachev the Washington sights
dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (12/06/87)
>Can an Amiga emulate a Fax machine? >If so, does software for the purpose exist or would it have to be written >specially? How about documentation on the Fax format? A Fax machine is little more than a simple modem, you can't emulate one without some additional hardware on any machine. I am not aware of any software/hardware to make an Amiga a fax. -Matt
robert@trwind.TRW.COM (Robert W. Snyder) (12/09/87)
Robert Snyder >If so, does software for the purpose exist or would it have to be written >specially? How about documentation on the Fax format? > >This question comes from a guy in our user's group, this was an area he >mentioned from his work where a PC might be able to do the job just as >well. > >John >-- I spent a little time on this, but not much. Anyway this is info I collected. When FAX machines came out they did not use a standard modem, no real standard for 9600 baud had been established. The software that Apple developed for the Mac follows a proposed standard for modems and protocol I was told. Anyway your difficulty will probably be in trying to talk to the units that do not follow the standard. I also heard that a product for the IBM exists as well. Take all information above with a grain of salt. I collected it from knowledgeable friends. I believe it is correct, but don't know that it is. -- Robert Snyder Disclaimer -- nobody claims dis, but me TRW Information Networks Division 23800 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance CA 90505 USENET: {ucbvax,ihnp4,sdcrdcf}!trwrb!trwind!robert ARPA: robert@trwind.TRW.COM
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (12/10/87)
In article <4276@garfield.UUCP> john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell) writes: >If so, does software for the purpose exist or would it have to be written >specially? How about documentation on the Fax format? I'm pretty sure there is no commercialy available software that does this. All you need though, is to receive the data and decompress it from the CCIT compressed format. AMD makes a chip that does this, and the data sheet that accompanies it has a very good explanation of the compression algorithm. If you could find a way to utilize some of the special Amiga graphics hardware to speed up the decompression you'd really have something. >This question comes from a guy in our user's group, this was an area he >mentioned from his work where a PC might be able to do the job just as >well. PC ? Whats a PC ? >John -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."
root@sbcs (Root) (12/11/87)
While we're on the subject, does anyone have a pointer to a document giving current Fax standards? Rick Spanbauer SUNY/Stony Brook
john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell) (12/12/87)
In article <2529@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >>This question comes from a guy in our user's group, this was an area he >>mentioned from his work where a PC might be able to do the job just as >>well. > >PC ? Whats a PC ? Why an Amiga 1000 PC, of course. I always try to make the point in conversations that just 'cuz IBM decided to stick those initials on the side of their box doesn't mean they're the only ones in the world who make personal computers. Maybe CBM could call the 2000 "the Amiga 2000 BC" (Business Computer) and then sue anyone who calls their model a business computer for trademark infringement. John -- "Listen fathead, the ONE thing we DON'T need is some trigger-happy lunatic in charge... No I didn't mean you Mr. President... Yes sir, I'm sure you do get a lot of that sort of thing." -- Judge Harold T. Stone
neil@mitsumi.UUCP (Neil Katin) (12/12/87)
In article <4276@garfield.UUCP> john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell) writes: >If so, does software for the purpose exist or would it have to be written >specially? How about documentation on the Fax format? > >This question comes from a guy in our user's group, this was an area he >mentioned from his work where a PC might be able to do the job just as >well. > >John Hmmm, how to answer this. The amiga CAN emulate a fax machine. I know, because I did some hardware and software to make it happen. What you need is a CCITT V29/V27 ter/V21 modem chip (such as the Rockwell R96FAX, or ones from Emulex), or a comercial V29 modem. Then you need code to handle the fax transmission and encoding. I did a GIII fax for the Amiga using the Rockwell chip. It was about 20 chips and 4000 lines of code. However, it never made it to a product (instead, we retargeted it to an IBM/PC). I don't know of anyone who will sell you one for the Amiga. Apple has anounced one for the Mac, and there are about 15 companies that have a fax system for IBM/PC's (That seems to be the normal ratio -- Amiga:Mac:IBM/PC is 0:1:15) Neil Katin