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Article #880Re: WIN*FAX Pro, FAX Modem Soaftware etc.
From: Robert Rosenbaum
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 05:31
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 05:31
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I have the FAXIT package, but I'm not satisfied. Maybe it's my modem or my setup, but I get lousy performance. The problem is that when I am trying to use the modem, the FAX mode gets turned on somehow, and locks the session. The only solution is to reboot. This problem crops up because the software is TSR based , in order to detect incoming faxes and deal with them automatically. Since I could not get the program to leave me alone when I was trying to use the modem, I had to remove the background program. Now, when I want to send a FAX, I have to load the background program, load the forground program , send the FAX , unload the foreground program , and unload the background program. I would naturally prefer to load only one program. For this reason, I am looking for a simple and effective FAX program. I don't want anything fancy, just something to do the job. Any suggestions? I also have the ALIEN FAXIT package for Windows 3.0. The problem is similar. It requires (at least for my modem) that a background program be loaded BEFORE Windows is loaded. This interferes with DOS communications programs running under windows, and silently steals CPU cycles. I eventually abandoned Windows entirely, but I thought some of you Windows users might find the info useful. If anyone has had more success than I , and has solved some of the problems I encountered , please let me know
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!rudy.rutgers.edu!cesl.rutgers.edu!rrosen From: rrosen@cesl.rutgers.edu (Robert Rosenbaum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: WIN*FAX Pro, FAX Modem Soaftware etc. Message-ID: <Apr.14.01.31.24.1992.2081@cesl.rutgers.edu> Date: 14 Apr 92 05:31:24 GMT References: <seanm.03li@terapin.com> <1992Apr13.071704.696@shawn.uucp> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 27