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John, All PPI fax/modems ship with Quicklink II S/R Fax software (the ProClass models also ship WinFax Lite) and packages without the software are not available. While I cannot recommend a particular place to buy your modem from, Positive comments about the overall service and prices from PC-Connection at 1-800-243-8088…

John, Certainly I see what sort of thing you are talking about, but I am not aware of anything which does this at the present time. One of the ongoing problems currently is trying to get a modem/software program to recognize that an incoming call is FAX, DATA, or VOICE.…

John, I would like to be able to tell you the answer to your question, but I can't without understanding a few more details about the problem and the Mac environment. Certainly two programs can use the same modem on the same serial port, but they cannot do so simultaneously.…

John, I would suspect the problem would be the connection at the back of the modem where the little low-voltage cable goes into the socket on the modem. This can be a little loose fitting at times. What you can do to help this is carefully pry the split on…

John, I have not idea why the QuickMail network has the PM9600SA modems set for 4800 and ASYNCHRONOUS operation only. You will have to ask that question of the network administrator. But, the init shown in your message is forcing the PPI modem to function without any of the EC…