Modem Communications - Winbook XL3 User Manual

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Communications
Your WinBook XL3 might have come with a fax/modem (built-in
or a PCMCIA card) that allows you to take advantage of the fax and
communications abilities of your system. The fax/modem is capable
of running in two modes: as a fax and as a modem (which can be
connected to other computers via their modems).
Faxing
Your modem can allow the computer to send and receive faxes if you
obtain fax software. Any Windows application which has a print command
can be used to generate faxes. You can combine text and images from
different programs into a single fax transmission. To send a fax from within
a Windows program, you need only select the fax as your printer for that
document. Then print the document just as you would to your printer.
Your fax can also be used to receive faxes, which can be sent directly
to your printer to produce a hardcopy of the fax transmission.
Software logs will enable you to track all of the faxes that you have
sent or received.

Modem Communications

You can use the modem to connect to other computers with a modem,
or to log into networks that allow modem access. Your modem can be set
to emulate a terminal for logging into remote systems. It can also be used
with log-in protocols to connect to certain providers and on-line services
(including those provided with Windows 98). (Figure 2.11 Online Folder)
Your modem can be set to allow your computer to function as its own
mini-BBS (bulletin board system), enabling callers to log-in to your
computer and exchange information.
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You must disengage Call
Waiting when using the
fax/modem. The click from
the Call Waiting can inter-
rupt or cancel transmissions by the
fax modem. Contact your local
phone company for information.
The current Federal
Communications
Commission regulation
part 68, Section 68.318 (c)
(3) states that it is illegal
to transmit a fax in the United
States which does not contain
the following sender
information:
"...in a margin on the top or
bottom of each transmitted
page or on the first page of the
transmission, the date and time
it was sent and an identification
of the business, other entity,
or individual sending the mes-
sage and the telephone number
of the sending machine of such
business, other entity or
individual."
Please be certain that you have
complied with this regulation
and set up your fax software
appropriately before faxing.
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