On 01 Mar 96  13:15:00, PETER TREMAIN emerged from Reality 

 to speak about FAX VS ANSWER MACHINE

 PH> Can anyone help me to solve a problem? I am running a DYNALINK

 PH> V.32bis/V.32 FAX MODEM on my 386, I also have an answering machine

 PH> (COMPUTEC Model AVT-901) on the same telephone line. QUESTION>>> Is

 PH> there any software that will allow the computer to vet whether or

 PH> not the incoming call is a voice or FAX message, and if so then



 PT> G'day Peter,

 PT> I had the same problem till I came across a device called a fax

 PT> switch.  new fax machines have them built in but in the old days you

 PT> needed this  switch to distinguish between fax and voice calls.... It

 PT> simply plugs  straight into the telephone line and grabs all incoming

 PT> calls then  directs them to the appropriate device. I hunted high and

 PT> low to buy one  new but couldnt find any one that manufactured them

 PT> anyymore.... 



Try National Communications in Brisbane,  (07)5596 5128.  Agents in Sydney,

Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth too.  From memory, about $300-350.



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