sorry jamie, i didn;t miss the point, i just didn't put in the smiley... you might have missed what one of asterisk machines is actually running on...
p100 was refering to a pentium 100 processor, doing other stuff as well asterisk... throw a fax at it and would probably limp to computer heaven !! (even running linux) ... it runs normally at 75% cpu utilisation.... :-) On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:52:46 +1000, Jamie Carl wrote: >Sorry to say this Gary, but I think you're missing the >whole point behind Asterisk. Why merely try and >'recreate' what PABXs already do and have been doing for >the last quadzillion years. Asterisk, BY DESIGN, is >trying to do, not only the same stuff, but MORE and >BETTER. > >So, keeping this in mind, why is it so outrageously >rediculous to ask? If asterisk is MORE than just a PABX, >won't that mean it's MORE appealing to users? > >I don't expect anything when it comes to Asterisk. If a >feature works, great, I have a new toy. If it doesn't, I >try and help fix it. If it's not there, i 'suggest' it. > It's all part of the open source process. > >Oh, and as for PABXs in australia that support fax, well, >Cisco have a nice little full IMS system that does it. > But who wants to pay $1,000,000 for a PABX, right? > >Jazz > >On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:17:35 +1000 > "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>I always have a chuckle when I see this. >> >>it probably could if someone sorts it out, but its >>reqally starting to >>expect a lot. >> >>I really cant think of any pab system (at least here in >>australia) >>which has a builtin fax. fax/phones sure, fax on >>computers sure, but >>pab/fax mmmmm, I can just see my p100 sitting at home >>trying to deal >>with faxes and phone calls..... (shudder......) >> >>On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:23:05 +1000, Jamie Carl wrote: >> >>>All this talk of faxing has started me thinking (this is >>>always a bad thing) and I've come up with a question. >>> >>>Now, I know Asterisk can detect and route faxes, to a >>>'fax' extension and all that. But can Asterisk be used >>>to >>>'receive' faxes? >>> >>>I know there was some talk about this just over a year >>>ago >>>and I'm wondering if anything came of it. It would be >>>nice to be able to receive faxes with asterisk and then >>>have them filer through and AGI script and emailed or >>>dumped in a directory/database/whatever. >>> >>>I mean for me, currently, I have a fax/modem hooked up to >>>the same machine asterisk is on, and it get's sent faxes >>>via my FXS port. It would be nice to be able to pull off >>>the modem and throw it away. (or auction it on ebay) >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Jamie Carl >>>Jazz Inc. >>>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Web: www.jazz-inc.net >>>Phone: +61-414-365-466 >>>Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Asterisk-Users mailing list >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Asterisk-Users mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >Regards, > >Jamie Carl >Jazz Inc. >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web: www.jazz-inc.net >Phone: +61-414-365-466 >Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users