Re: FAX Modems?
win modems are (were) PCI hardware. Standalone modems are not winmodems. There is a USB modem standard. They dont include linux compatability in their specs because as far as they are concerned no one uses linux. Geoff -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 Jerusalem, Israel On Jan 10, 2021, 8:39 AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh , wrote: > > I ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: FAX Modems?
On 08/01/2021 10:39, Omer Zak wrote: I am one of the holdouts who still use FAX technology. My printer was of the type which combines printing + scanning + FAX. A week ago it died, and I looked for a new printer with the same combination of features. Turned out that there is a shortage of printers, so I bought a printer with scanner but without FAX. And now I am looking for a solution to continue to receive FAX messages on my landline phone line. The software of yore should still work. The tricky part is getting the correct hardware and drivers. I quick search found several USB modems sold today, but most only list Windows as their compatibility, and it's impossible to know whether that means they are WinModems (zero nostalgia) or just lazy. I did, however, find this: https://www.amazon.com/V-TOP-External-V-92-Modem-Cable/dp/B00XW5QYWS/ref=psdc_284715_t4_B07H3Q74L8 It lists Mac in it's title, but the actual text also explicitly lists Linux as a supported platform. It might, theoretically, still be a WinModem with (proprietary) drivers, but considering the cost of hardware (a 56Kbps modem can _easily_ be created with a 5$ micrcontroller/dsp/FPGA), I find it more likely that this is a full fledged hardware modem. With that in mind, I recently bought a Canon integrated printer, and it came with fax capabilities. I'm just about to cancel my "land line", so this feature is increasingly becoming useless for me, personally, but know that it's still out there. Shachar ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: FAX Modems?
Around 2002 when I first got a cable modem, I set up a pentium 133 running linux as a mail server, dns server, dhcp server, etc for my local network. I attached a modem to it and set up a hylafax server. I just looked at the current system that runs the same things, and I dont think I have a modem connected to it, and if there is one hidden in the back, I know for sure it does not have a phone line connected to it, but it still runs hylafax. :-) Geoff -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 Jerusalem, Israel On Jan 9, 2021, 7:08 PM +0200, Rabin Yasharzadehe , wrote: > At my work place there is a fax server which was installed over 10 years ago > based on HylaFax and uses an old US Robotics 56K modem. > (which has the old 25 pin header connected via adapter to the server) > > We use is only for receiving fax (local Fax2Mail service) > > > -- > Rabin > > > > On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 10:40, Omer Zak wrote: > > > I am one of the holdouts who still use FAX technology. > > > My printer was of the type which combines printing + scanning + FAX. A > > > week ago it died, and I looked for a new printer with the same > > > combination of features. > > > Turned out that there is a shortage of > > > printers, so I bought a printer with scanner but without FAX. > > > > > > And now I am looking for a solution to continue to receive FAX messages > > > on my landline phone line. > > > > > > I have some questions: > > > 1. If you work at an organization (or own it) which still uses FAX > > > technology, which solution/s does your organization use? > > > 2. What model of FAX modem would you recommend? > > > 3. What FAX software do you use under Linux, if any? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Keep healthy, > > > --- Omer Zak > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by > > > looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it > > > possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man." - Walter E. > > > Williams > > > My own blog is at https://tddpirate.zak.co.il/ > > > > > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > > > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with > > > which I may be affiliated in any way. > > > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at https://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Linux-il mailing list > > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: FAX Modems?
At my work place there is a fax server which was installed over 10 years ago based on HylaFax and uses an old US Robotics 56K modem. (which has the old 25 pin header connected via adapter to the server) We use is only for receiving fax (local Fax2Mail service) -- Rabin On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 10:40, Omer Zak wrote: > I am one of the holdouts who still use FAX technology. > My printer was of the type which combines printing + scanning + FAX. A > week ago it died, and I looked for a new printer with the same > combination of features. > Turned out that there is a shortage of > printers, so I bought a printer with scanner but without FAX. > > And now I am looking for a solution to continue to receive FAX messages > on my landline phone line. > > I have some questions: > 1. If you work at an organization (or own it) which still uses FAX > technology, which solution/s does your organization use? > 2. What model of FAX modem would you recommend? > 3. What FAX software do you use under Linux, if any? > > Thanks, > Keep healthy, > --- Omer Zak > > > > -- > "Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by > looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it > possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man." - Walter E. > Williams > My own blog is at https://tddpirate.zak.co.il/ > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with > which I may be affiliated in any way. > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at https://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
