On 17 Oct 2012, at 21:32 , Jean-Christophe Helary <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 :-) Sorry. It looks as though you won't have a choice. > > Is there any technical reason why I'd need an MFD ? Because Apple doesn't have drivers for their USB modem which work with OS X 10.7 or later. And at this late date I suspect that they will not be producing any. > 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 ? No. Not to the landline. > >> 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. The old drivers will not work. It's dead. > > > >>> 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 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
