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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:3232 comp.os.linux.misc:22021 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!lrk From: lrk@netcom.com (Lyn R. Kennedy) Subject: Re: FAX software available? Message-ID: <lrkCuMw3x.D7n@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <32ohit$9qa@news.panix.com> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 15:23:56 GMT Lines: 27 In article <32ohit$9qa@news.panix.com>, Wayne Berke <berke@panix.com> wrote: >I am considering a PD UNIX and one of the factors in my choice will be >what kind of FAX software (not necessarily free) there will be available. > >A quick search of the FAQs: > > *BSD does not mention anything. Flexfax is under 'ports' on FreeBSD sites. It's 2.2 which won't handle some Class2 modem chips. (ROCKWELL 144DP for one) Flexfax 2.3beta is on sgi.com and has some fixes. It suposedly has config files for BSD versions. In either case, you need bash, gmake, ghostscript, and GNU sed and expr. Flexfax is also the most annoying package I've tried to install. The documentation is pretty well hidden and often useless. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 73, internet | lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org | | Lyn Kennedy | lrk@wb5nrn.cirr.com | | pony express = P.O. Box 5133, Ovilla, TX, USA 75154 | ---Livin' on an information dirt road a few miles off the superhighway---