On Oct 18, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Charles Dyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Zoom and US Robotics make USB modems which might work. I don't know, I > haven't tried them. > > Other than that, you need to get hold of a MFD which has fax capability. > Brother, Epson, and HP all make units with that ability. I want to get rid of the machines. Not add an extra one :-) Is there any technical reason why I'd need an MFD ? Can't a software interpret the fax data fed to it directly from the landline and convert it to tiff or whatever without it going through the fax machine ? > Apple's USB modem will not work. It's dead. Isn't there a way to get the driver from an old backup ? I'm just asking in case somebody know. I'll be checking that on the web right away. >> Yes, but I don't want to get rid of my landline and I don't really want to >> use internet faxing services either. >> >> I only want the computer to replace the telephone/fax machine. I'd use the >> Apple modem to connect to the landline, and I'd dial from the Mac, speak >> from the microphone, ear from the speakers, set the answering machine with >> the GUI etc. >> >> Maybe there is something that I do not understand how phone/fax machines >> work, because I was really expecting to find a replacement software right >> away. >> >> For ex, there are dialer programs, but they still require you to use the >> phone after they've dialed the number. They don't seem to make use of the >> mike/speaker hardware side of the Mac to replace the phone altogether. >> >> Jean-Christophe Helary >> ---------------------------------------- >> fun: http://mac4translators.blogspot.com >> work: http://www.doublet.jp (ja/en > fr) >> tweets: http://twitter.com/brandelune _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
