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Re: AARNet fax gateway

#450
From: Mark Constable
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:50
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In article <tucker.726710943@splat> root@splat.aarnet.EDU.AU (Conan the System Operator) writes:
>pte900@jatz.aarnet.edu.au (Peter Elford) writes:
>
>>Yes, it would be *easy* to make this a national facility, allowing FAXes
>>to be sent nationally around Australia for the cost of a local call. It

Do you mean a dozen or so well placed machines would cover 90% of possible
fax machines for a locally priced call?

>You could put the whole thing together for about $1000 (including all hard-
>ware and software).

There is also a postscript interpreter available for the Amiga, along with
a vast range of other PD graphic format converters. Together with AmigaDOS
v2+ and AREXX scripting, t'would be a breaze to set up.

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From: mconstab@alsvid.une.edu.au (Mark Constable)
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Subject: Re:  AARNet fax gateway
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Date: 12 Jan 93 13:50:06 GMT
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