Re: flexfax: USRobotics RPI modem

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>]

On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 05:51:31AM -0400, charles.stuart@juno.com wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 13:31:28 -0400 "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
> writes:
> >I'm amazed that efax _does_ work.  RPI modems, or in their more
> >correctly pejorative description, "WinModems", don't have much code 
> >on the board.  
> 
> Actually, RPI (Rockwell Protocol Interface, if I remember correctly)
> modems are not WinModems, they are merely brain dead.  Basic modem
> functions are on board, but advanced functions require special software. 
> I've gotten examples to work under HylaFax before, with varying degrees
> of pain.

Damn; you caught me.  You're right; they aren't completely brain dead,
just learning disabled... but I don't remember ever seeing an RPI fax
modem, even in Class 1.  There were some?

Cheers,
-- jra
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