[opensuse] PCI USRobotics FAX/Modem for Linux.
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight. Fred -- Someone has rightly said, “The poor are better off than the rich. The poor have the illusion that they would be happier if they had more money. The rich know better.” -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 21:32 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
IIRC, I still have all of the conversation back when I was trying to set up my USR card for faxing. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 22 September 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
And a PDF or word processing file won't do for them through email? Almost seems a bit archaic to have to resort to fax on a land line modem, doesn't it? Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:24 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
On Saturday 22 September 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
And a PDF or word processing file won't do for them through email? Almost seems a bit archaic to have to resort to fax on a land line modem, doesn't it?
Lee
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just pick up an old fax machine? -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:24 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
On Saturday 22 September 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
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And a PDF or word processing file won't do for them through email? Almost seems a bit archaic to have to resort to fax on a land line modem, doesn't it?
Lee
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just pick up an old fax machine?
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 For some reason, doctors and pharmacies live by FAX. You'd think that
On Saturday 22 September 2007 23:41, Kenneth Schneider wrote: there would be a world-wide medical data-base, but something about privacy (read "insurance companies") keeps that from happening. There may be other outfits that live by FAX. There used to be a program for Windows that would let you send a FAX if you had a telephone modem. There may be one for LINUX. I don't know if you could receive on the computer. Probably nobody is still using a telephone modem. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Saturday 22 September 2007 23:41, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:24 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
On Saturday 22 September 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
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And a PDF or word processing file won't do for them through email? Almost seems a bit archaic to have to resort to fax on a land line modem, doesn't it?
Lee
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just pick up an old fax machine?
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
For some reason, doctors and pharmacies live by FAX. You'd think that there would be a world-wide medical data-base, but something about privacy (read "insurance companies") keeps that from happening. There may be other outfits that live by FAX. There used to be a program for Windows that would let you send a FAX if you had a telephone modem. There may be one for LINUX. I don't know if you could receive on the computer. Probably nobody is still using a telephone modem.
--doug
While encrypted email would certainly fix the privacy issue, some people are still stuck in the past. Also some, like the vet I take my pets to, have stopped using email because of problems with viruses etc. Of course, the solution to that problem is Linux. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
While encrypted email would certainly fix the privacy issue, some people are still stuck in the past. Also some, like the vet I take my pets to, have stopped using email because of problems with viruses etc. Of course, the solution to that problem is Linux.
I know many places where a fax is a legal document, whereas an email is not. -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from RC1) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:54 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:24 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
On Saturday 22 September 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
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And a PDF or word processing file won't do for them through email? Almost seems a bit archaic to have to resort to fax on a land line modem, doesn't it?
Lee
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just pick up an old fax machine?
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 For some reason, doctors and pharmacies live by FAX. You'd think that
On Saturday 22 September 2007 23:41, Kenneth Schneider wrote: there would be a world-wide medical data-base, but something about privacy (read "insurance companies") keeps that from happening. There may be other outfits that live by FAX. There used to be a program for Windows that would let you send a FAX if you had a telephone modem. There may be one for LINUX. I don't know if you could receive on the computer. Probably nobody is still using a telephone modem.
I can attest the the fact that jhylafax works quite nicely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Doug McGarrett wrote:
There used to be a program for Windows that would let you send a FAX if you had a telephone modem. There may be one for LINUX.
Of course there is, Hylafax, a fine fax server.
I don't know if you could receive on the computer.
Of course you can.
Probably nobody is still using a telephone modem.
Wrong: many people use them. You are just fortunate not to need one. -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from RC1) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kenneth Schneider wrote:
On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:24 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
On Saturday 22 September 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
And a PDF or word processing file won't do for them through email? Almost seems a bit archaic to have to resort to fax on a land line modem, doesn't it?
Lee
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just pick up an old fax machine?
No.....any that I've seen that work aren't much cheaper. Fred -- "Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western Civilization as it commits suicide." Jerry Pournelle, Author, Physicist -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight. I am planning to visit relatives in Peru in a November. Earlier I had given them a computer but forgot that they don't have high speed net yet and I didn't include a modem. Please tell me which modem you got since I will probably be needing that type to take with me when I visit them. Right now they are still using an old HP Vectra 486
Fred A. Miller wrote: that we gave them 8 years ago. That computer still has the US Robotics ISA modem which works great but since the new PC doesn't have ISA slots, we can't use the old modem. Damon Register -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Damon, Damon Register wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight. I am planning to visit relatives in Peru in a November. Earlier I had given them a computer but forgot that they don't have high speed net yet and I didn't include a modem. Please tell me which modem you got since I will probably be needing that type to take with me when I visit them. Right now they are still using an old HP Vectra 486
Fred A. Miller wrote: that we gave them 8 years ago. That computer still has the US Robotics ISA modem which works great but since the new PC doesn't have ISA slots, we can't use the old modem.
Damon Register If the new PC will have a serial port, imho your best bet is to buy a (read: any) external modem.
I cannot remember that there was any AT-command compatible modem that did not work with Linux. Maybe an internal modem will be more elegant, but I cannot comment on these. Always used external ones, where you can see the LEDs and conclude what they are doing. regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Damon Register If the new PC will have a serial port, imho your best bet is to buy a (read: any) external modem.
An alternative is to use an usb to serial port with an external modem (serial port type). I'm unsure about usb modems. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFG97U9tTMYHG2NR9URAvzZAJ4jpCx+7BsMSVSeIZYQqDBebk/r3QCfWlkM elbgbRuUhIaueHG+F8Njk+8= =dosM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
If the new PC will have a serial port, imho your best bet is to buy a (read: any) external modem. I guess it has been so long since I had to use a modem myself that I completely forgot about that option. That is an excellent idea. Thanks. Almost certainly the computer has a serial port. I will have to contact
Eberhard Roloff wrote: the relatives in Peru to confirm that.
I cannot remember that there was any AT-command compatible modem that did not work with Linux. I vaguely remember fighting with various obscure command strings and having trouble with some brands of modems not connecting well but that was a long time ago. I do remember back then I chose the US Robotics modem for the old 486 because it was going to Peru and I didn't want to have to try to deal with that on a long distance phone call.
these. Always used external ones, where you can see the LEDs and conclude what they are doing. Forgot about that advantage. It is settled, I will look for an external.
Damon Register -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Damon Register wrote:
was a long time ago. I do remember back then I chose the US Robotics modem
I had to use one fairly recently and there where some sort of bug. The usr client service sent me a patch with linux writer... (to flash the modem) works fine now jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Damon, Damon Register wrote:
If the new PC will have a serial port, imho your best bet is to buy a (read: any) external modem. I guess it has been so long since I had to use a modem myself that I completely forgot about that option. That is an excellent idea. Thanks. Almost certainly the computer has a serial port. I will have to contact
Eberhard Roloff wrote: the relatives in Peru to confirm that.
I cannot remember that there was any AT-command compatible modem that did not work with Linux. I vaguely remember fighting with various obscure command strings and having trouble with some brands of modems not connecting well but that was a long time ago. I aggree, that it is ie. was sometimes a lot of hassle to make anything work flawlessly.
However, as the model specific AT command are usually very well documented in the manual there never it a REAL problem that cannot be overcome. On a sidenote, the only modem that I had problems with, was a US Robotics ;-)) Sportster 19.200. But the documentation was excellent and therefore I had no real trouble to make it work according to the rather special "US Robotics AT command set" of that time. ;-)) I do remember back then I chose the US Robotics
modem for the old 486 because it was going to Peru and I didn't want to have to try to deal with that on a long distance phone call.
If this one is still operational and if it is capable to use 56k (max.), you most probable can simply continue to use it.
these. Always used external ones, where you can see the LEDs and conclude what they are doing. Forgot about that advantage. It is settled, I will look for an external.
You might find them cheaply at ebay. Recently I got an Elsa microlink 56k there for next to nothing. kind regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
Fred, I have utilized usr/3com fax/modems with hylafax on several servers and they worked fantastically. I've used the old 33.6 sportsters, the 561x versions and I think there was a 2960 or 2690. No problems with any. Both hylafax and kdefax work great. I set the servers up in /etc/ppp as dial in servers so they handle fax and ppp dial-in internet connections. Works great. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 16:17 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
Fred,
I have utilized usr/3com fax/modems with hylafax on several servers and they worked fantastically. I've used the old 33.6 sportsters, the 561x versions and I think there was a 2960 or 2690. No problems with any. Both hylafax and kdefax work great. I set the servers up in /etc/ppp as dial in servers so they handle fax and ppp dial-in internet connections. Works great.
Did you manage to get a "fax server" for a network setup though? I looked into it, but the instructions were too off-putting. (Rather poorly phrased, I think, but I just want to be able to point other systems to the fax running on my main system and have them fax from it without doing a ton of setup work, followed by telling the others in the network to use these new hoops in order to fax.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2007-24-09 at 16:17 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
'Never needed to FAX much till now, so I've looking for a NON-Win modem and found this one USR has made. It's a tad pricey, but should work well, just in case someone else is in need of one. 'Ordered tonight.
Fred
Fred,
I have utilized usr/3com fax/modems with hylafax on several servers and they worked fantastically. I've used the old 33.6 sportsters, the 561x versions and I think there was a 2960 or 2690. No problems with any. Both hylafax and kdefax work great. I set the servers up in /etc/ppp as dial in servers so they handle fax and ppp dial-in internet connections. Works great.
Did you manage to get a "fax server" for a network setup though? I looked into it, but the instructions were too off-putting. (Rather poorly phrased, I think, but I just want to be able to point other systems to the fax running on my main system and have them fax from it without doing a ton of setup work, followed by telling the others in the network to use these new hoops in order to fax.)
Yes, the funny thing is a lot of the clients were windows and the packages WinprintHylaFAX-1.2.5.exe on the windows side did a wonderful job letting all the client fax to the server.. I agree, the documentation sucks, but hylafax does not........ -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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