Re: Faxination...Is it worth it?

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <jesse-2103950916100001@jesse2.gi.alaska.edu>,
Jesse P. Atencio <jesse@dino.gi.alaska.edu> wrote:
> Is it worth it?  If it works it probably is!

I got Faxination yesterday, and so far I've sent one test fax, which
came through perfectly (one page plus a cover page).  I'm not too
impressed by the Faxination cover page, but you could always write
your own if you are faxing a word processor document.

I'm using a ZyXEL U-1496E with ROM version 6.14.  Faxination is
probably using Fax Class 2 - this version of the ZyXEL ROM supports
Class 1, but doesn't tell you about it in the AT+FCLASS=? command
unless you set a bit in one of the S-registers.  I haven't set this,
and I'm not sure what Faxination is sending to the modem so I don't
know how it is selecting the fax class.  This modem also supports
class 2.0.

I didn't have to remove anything from my system to get it to work.
Quick summary: ROM 3, System 6.0.1, 5 MB RAM (including 800k RAM disk
and well over 1 MB of desk accessories, INITs, etc.), 8 MHz ZIP,
AppleTalk (idle), no significant interrupt-disabling INITs, etc.
(Spectrum 2.0 works fine at 19200 most of the time).

> I called Vitesse and they told me that modems with a particular Chip
> set do not work.

Did they say which chip set this is?  Even if you can't find out which
chipset is used in a modem from reading the manual, someone else is
likely to know.

I doubt it is the chipset which causes problems - it is much more
likely to be the code in the modem's ROM.  The Rockwell chipset is the
most common one, and they are used with Rockwell-supplied ROMs, or
third-party modifications of the Rockwell ROMs, or separately written ROMs.
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand