All this black box is really is a 12volt (maybe a little higher) supply across the phone lines with a resistor. It's just enough to place current into the line so all you need to do is dial 0000 which is enough for the other side to think it's getting ring tones and answers. I've done this something like 10 years ago but like others have said, just use a scanner as it's better/quicker than a 2/3 step process..
thanks, George Vieira Systems Manager Citadel Computer Systems P/L -----Original Message----- From: Ben Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 25 November 2001 10:48 PM To: Stuart Guthrie Cc: slug Subject: Re: [SLUG] Faxing yourself in Linux. Hi Stuart, You can get little black boxes that fake a telephone call. I.e. they give a dial tone and all you do is plug two modems/faxes into it and they dial each other rather than an exchange that costs money. You'll just have to look around for one. I've seen them advertised before but can't remember now. Go to Dick smiths or tandy. maybe black box catalogue might help. I think they have a website. Ben Stuart Guthrie wrote: > Anyone know a way of faxing your linux system from a normal fax machine > without giving Telstra 22c per shot. > > Got a client who wants to scan multiple page documents into emails for a > digital backup of the hard copy.. > > Currently they fax them to their jfax account which emails them the > scanned tif files to their server. > > They'd rather link their fax machine directly to their fax modem (or > something else?) but I don't see how this is possible without going out > and back to the telephone exchange. Fax machines expect the 'off-hook' > dial tone before commencing dialing. > > If it can be done, it's a nice way to get a cheap sheet-feeding scanner > (admittedly low res). > > Stuart > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
