XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-02 22:57, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 08:54:22 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> I don't recollect anyone lamenting that their modem was in the junk   
   >> room now :-)   
   >   
   > Faxing via modem was fun. This was because standalone fax machines had   
   > bloody awful scanners that pushed the contrast to maximum on   
   > everything which, while fine for regular text, turned photographic   
   > imagery into a murky, blobby mess.   
   >   
   > Whereas if the fax data was generated on a computer, you had access to   
   > nice dithering algorithms that did a creditable job of reproducing   
   > gradations of tone (at least in greyscale). And this still looked   
   > pretty good on the receiving fax machine.   
   >   
   > I loved the oohs and ahs and “How did you do that?” responses. ;)   
      
   Indeed. It was my job at some time to write reports and fax them. I used   
   the computer fax card, on an ISDN lines, instead of the fax machine, and   
   I got those oohs and ahs.   
      
   Oh, and in Linux there was hylafax, a server that could centralize all   
   faxes for a company. Wonderful software. Free and gratis.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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