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- What is AmigaFax?
- =================
-
- AmigaFax is a software package that, in combination with a FaxModem,
- allows you to send and receive facsimile information from your Amiga
- computer.
- Received faxes can be viewed, printed, forwarded to other fax machines,
- and saved as ILBM files which can then be accessed using many standard
- Amiga programs.
- You can transmit text, ILBM graphics, and combinations of these as
- faxes. Using the AmigaFax command language you can add text from
- any Amiga font, along with logos and ILBM graphics, to create
- high quality multi-page fax documents.
-
- AmigaFax can be set up to automatically send documents to multiple
- recipients, to send faxes at or after set times, and to answer incoming
- fax calls automatically.
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- Faxes can be printed on plain paper, using your normal Amiga printer.
-
- AmigaFax is highly configurable, allowing you to set up a custom
- environment that best suits your hardware and way of working.
-
- Summary of Features
- ===================
-
- Automatic Reception
- -------------------
-
- AmigaFax may be configured to receive faxes in the background, or to
- answer an already ringing line in Fax mode. Autoanswer may also be
- integrated with a UUCP or BBS environment, where incoming calls may be
- Fax or data, by using a specially modified version of the getty
- program that recognises Fax calls.
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- Automatic Transmission
- ----------------------
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- Faxes may be queued for transmission after a particular time, to take
- advantage of lower off-peak telecom rates, for example. You may specify
- the number of times to try before giving up on transmission, and the
- period at which retry attempts should be made. All call progress is
- logged, and progress may be monitored from the main program. Call
- logging displays when attempts were made, the success or failure of
- the call, and the Called Number ID of the remote Fax machine reached.
-
- Multiple Recipients
- -------------------
-
- Fax numbers may be entered either directly, or using defineable
- aliases. Therefore instead of sending to `99123456', you could send it
- to `Fred'. In the same way, an alias can refer to a list of other
- aliases, or numbers, so that one fax could be sent to `Customers',
- representing a list of customers.
-
- Flexible Fax Viewer
- -------------------
-
- The Fax viewer allows you to view a fax document at scales of from 1:1
- to 1:8. A 1:3 scale is used by default, which generally gives a quite
- readable image while still fitting the entire Fax width across a
- standard Amiga screen. you can easily zoom in on areas of particular
- interest if required.
-
- Powerful Document Builder
- -------------------------
-
- This allows you to mix any Amiga font or ILBM graphic on a page,
- include text, ILBM or AmigaFax command files anywhere on a page or in
- a document, perform alignment at character or pixel level, justify
- text regardless of font size, automatically add standard information
- such as address, signature, logo, and current time/date.
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- Highly User Configurable
- ------------------------
-
- The configuration file allows you to set the system up to suit your
- requirements. You can define your prefered editor for text and for
- graphics, set a standard file to use as a template when creating new
- Fax documents, customize your dial type (pulse/tone, special prefix to
- get outside line, etc), set the Caller ID string to identify yourself
- to remote Fax machines, define the modem type you are using, and set
- many system default values.
-
- Uses Preferences Printer
- ------------------------
-
- By using the Amiga Preferences printer to print out the documents, you
- can tradeoff speed for resolution as you require.
-
- Workbench or CLI interface
- --------------------------
-
- AmigaFax can be run either from the workbench, or from a shell or CLI
- interface. In either case, an easy to use graphical presentation makes
- operation straightforward.
-
- System Requirements
- ===================
-
- AmigaFax requires AmigaDOS version 1.3 or greater. It operates with
- AmigaDOS 2.0, and will run on Amigas from the original A1000
- through to the A3000. It is possible to run on an unexpanded A1000
- with 512K RAM and 1 disk drive, but in this case memory and disk
- restraints will limit the number and size of faxes that may be
- generated or received. In general the more memory and disk available
- the better. For unattended Auto-receive operation a hard disk system
- is highly desirable.
-
- Availablility
- =============
-
- AmigaFax is a commercial product, produced in Australia,
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- Copyright (C) 1991,1992 C-Born Software Systems.
-
- Overseas distribution may be as bundled software with FaxModem
- hardware, or direct from C-Born.
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- David Varley | Voice +61 52 786530 |
- C-Born Software Systems | AmigaFax +61 52 786355 |
- 14 Lunan Avenue | |
- Drumcondra, Geelong 3215 | |
- Victoria, AUSTRALIA | UUCP sol.deakin.OZ.AU!drum3!dave|
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