eli@pws.bull.com (Steve Elias) (12/13/90)
hello and welcome to comp.dcom.fax. this group is for discussing fax hardware, software, and protocols. it is intended as a replacement for alt.fax. a few words about something interesting that's happening in the world o fax: Group IIIbis. apparently this enhancement to the group III standard is rather controversial. the gist of the proposal is to enhance to Group III standard to include digital transmission media up to 64kbps, and the Group IV encoding standard, which takes advantage of reliable digital media. France and Japan oppose Group IIIbis. does anyone know how the US faxmodem chip makers are standing on this issue? (rockwell, signetics, ?) i've also heard about proposals to enhance group III with the resolutions supported by group IV (400x400, for one). this presents an interesting technical problem for the fax board and fax machine manufacturers: resolution conversion on the fly. /eli -- /* eli@spdcc.com eli@pws.bull.com 617 932 5598 508 294 7556 */