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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: FAX modems
Keywords: fax modem
Message-ID: <6394@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 3 Oct 89 13:47:26 GMT
References: <2398@loral.UUCP> <3609@escargot.UUCP>
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <3609@escargot.UUCP>, chrisb@escargot.UUCP (Chris Bradley) writes:
> > On an incoming call, can the gadget differentiate between a modem
> > calling, and a fax machine calling?

> you tell the CCP to answer with the modem and not the fax is to set the
> "ATS0=1" register, for answering on the first ring. This takes care of it.

i.e., the answer is NO.

> The problem with most fax machines makes your computer become a Fax ONLY.

This wouldn't be a problem if you had an operating system on your computer,
rather than a glorified program loader.
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Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
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