I just thought some History of the FAX Machine background would be of interest when considering the "newer" features. This technology has been around since the 19th century in its earliest form! I did not know that until I saw an old, classic movie a few years ago where one of the characters suggests using a "telephotography" machine to send a photo from his location to his newspaper office for print. I thought, "Hmm, I wonder how long this FAX machine technology has been around, and how it evolved." Hence the initial research. Check this out:
http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/fax_machine.htm http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/fax.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/27887/gather/history/fax.shtml For differences between the various modern FAX standards/classes, check out (it also has a historical background section): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax Enjoy! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Hawksworth > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 3:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [NF] Fax machines > > > There are digital faxes (Category 4?) but they only work with > ISDN and other > digital faxes but have some improvements in colour,resolution etc; Oh and > they cost a lot. I haven't eve known anyone buy one yet. > > Of the old type the standards are supposed to be backward compatible and > agreed during the handshake preamble. This sometimes gets turned off new > fax machines. > > Certain colour (old style) fax machines (multifunctional units mostly) can > send in colour to a like unit but there doesn't seem to be a standard. > > Old style faxes come in a couple of modem speeds 33K tops (I think), again > this is (should be) agreed at connection. > > The one I find odd are the number of people that think that fax > numbers are > not normal telephone numbers. > > Regards > Michael Hawksworth > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:profoxtech- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen > > Sent: 05 July 2007 17:40 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [NF] Fax machines > > > > Hi Everybody! > > > > Has there been some "improvement" in fax machines, such as would render > > working older equipment obsolete? > > > > I have noticed that I sometimes have to go to a newer machine to fax to > > people > > I used to be able to fax to with no problem. Yet the older machine can > > reach > > some that the newer one can't. I would like to cut down to one, but . . > > . > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Pete > > http://www.pete-theisen.com/ > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
