On 17 Oct 2012, at 20:39 , Vince LaMonica <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> 
> } 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 ?
> 
> Yeah, lots of great software, including PageSender, do all that and work 
> well with Apple's USB modem. Just make sure you stick with 10.6 though!

PageSender and other apps like it work only if you have a USB modem. No USB 
modem, no work. And Apple's modem is dead in 10.7 and later. Apple has 
deliberately removed the support for it. It's dead. Kaput. Game over.

> 
> } > 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.
> 
> It's part of OS X - I don't think it can be moved from one version to 
> another, but it is worth searching. I loved FrontRow and there were hacks 
> to make it work in 10.7 and those hacks were perfect, but now with 10.8, 
> FrontRow can't be ported over. So the same thing may have happened with 
> the USB modem. It's a shame, as the modem is small and built well. Heck, 
> my G4 PowerBook has a modem built in and that's come in handy many times 
> when I've needed dial-up access or to FAX something on the road [i usually 
> know this ahead of time, as my PowerBook isn't something I normally travel 
> with since it's not got a lot of the software I'm now using, on it :) ].
> 
> /vjl/
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