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- From: cjp+@pitt.edu (Casimir J Palowitch)
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- Subject: Supra / DFax = Good Fax, Little Bux (Re: ZyXEL vs. Supra)
- Message-ID: <2707@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 14:30:04 GMT
- References: <BmaNXB4w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> <SHIN.93Jan27015456@sgtp.sgtp.apple.juice.or.jp> <1993Jan28.005057.28136@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan28.005057.28136@fcom.cc.utah.edu> yf5990@u.cc.utah.edu (Yan Fang/Humanities) writes:
- >In article <SHIN.93Jan27015456@sgtp.sgtp.apple.juice.or.jp> shin@sgtp.apple.juice.or.jp (Sugou Shinichirou) writes:
- >>In article <BmaNXB4w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> g3steen@student.business.uwo.ca (Garnet Steen) writes:
- >>
- >> I am ready to go with one of these fax modems and I want to hear
- >> what people's experiences with them are, since I am not familiar with
- >> either modem. Which do people 'in the know' recommend? Any horror
- >> stories?
- >>
- >>It is clear that ZyXEL is much much better than any other modems
- >>(including Supra) if you use NXFax driver.
- >>Shin'ichirou Sugou (NeXTmail acceptable)
- >>
- >That may not be true.
- >I have ordered an eval copy of DFax from Dale Pratt. DFax is the NXFax
- >equivalent for Supra.
- >If DFax for Supra works as well as NXFax for ZyXEL, then a Supra is
- >equivalent to a ZyXEL for faxing, blowing whistles, etc.--at half the price.
- >Yan Fang-Magnusson
-
- I have been using DFax for about two weeks now to send faxes with
- excellent results. Have not tried to receive yet, but I have been using
- data and fax one right after the other with no hassles (data with kermit
- 5a). The Supra fax/modem / DFax combination is indeed much less $ for
- much the same functionality. Totally transparent once installed.
-
- One thing I am looking forward to is the ambitious future plan of DFax
- to integrate voice / data / fax in an all-in-one-box solution. Supra is
- actively involved in implementing voice-mail type support as an upgrade
- option for the future. If DFax does as good a job supporting that as
- they have done the fax driver, it should be a Good Thing.
-
- Something to put on the wish list... A De-install option, which would
- replace the original kernel.config and getty files that DFax modifies
- when, for instance, one wants to change peripherals between ports or
- temporarily use a given serial port for something else.
-
- All in all, the Supra/DFax solution for NeXT is a reliable and
- functional communications solution at about the minimum possible price,
- for those of us with cash constraints.
-
- --
- ** Casimir J. (Casey) Palowitch - In 1996, there will be two kinds **
- ** Slavic Cataloger - of computer professional : those **
- ** U. of Pgh. Library Systems - who know NeXT, and those **
- ** cjp+@pitt.edu - without Jobs. **
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