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Re: WIN*FAX Pro, FAX Modem Soaftware etc.

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From: Robert Rosenbaum
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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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.
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