We do use a PC fax server.  The software acts just like a printer to the
other systems in the network(PC, Unix and HP 3000) it management is
separate, sometimes good and sometimes bad.  Since the software is PC
based it is less cost to purchase.

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   John D. Alleyn-Day [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Wednesday, March 11, 1998 11:53 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        Re: Faxing Software

        Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

        >On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Kevin L. Newman wrote:
        >
        >> My favorite solution would be a host based fax product, and I
thought
        that I
        >> heard about one about a year ago, but it seems that there is
no such
        product.
        >
        >I've been lurking on this one.  It seems that if you have a
fax/modem
        >hooked up to a serial port on a DTC.  There might be some kind
of
        >shareware out there that could open up a file and send it down
the serial
        >port to the modem and dial a fax machine?  We do this with
beepers, why
        >not?
        >
        >This sounds like a project for the CSL tape.  Procedure calls
to open up
        >serial ports is beyond my technical expertise, would anyone
else out there
        >give it a try?

        It's not as easy as it sounds.  I did this years ago for a
specific project
        (using MPEV), and at the time someone suggested that I produce a
program
        for general use.  Since FAX/3000 was around, I didn't feel like
        re-inventing the wheel.  However, I had no idea that they were
using a PC
        server.

        Would anyone be interested in paying for a product that faxed
out from the
        HP3000 without an intervening server?  I presume that this would
be text
        only (where would the graphics files come from?).  How should it
work?
        What functions should be included?  (this can get quite complex,
especially
        if you have several FAX modems connected and you want to FAX at
inexpensive
        hours, etc.)  Incidentally, pricing would be on a
number-of-ports basis (I
        hate tier pricing based on machine size).



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