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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] FAX (bis)
Date: Sun,  3 Apr 2005 08:16:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa9afd486bcb4ed2f97fe527fdcf6a11@proxima.alt.za> (raw)

Something struck me a while back, but I never found occasion to bring
it up.  Many years ago, when I was still using my 3B1 and learning to
use Unix, I encountered modemcap.  I don't have any details handy,
although I could start up one of my relics and do some digging.  What
seemed like a good idea at the time was obviously lost to humankind.
Would it be worth revisiting?

The following quote from man telco is apt:

          The modem specific information is currently built into the
          source.  This should be in a user modifiable file.

I appreciate that "cap" style files are a little obsolete, but perhaps
not totally so.  I'm really looking for opinions (not a flame war), I
suppose.

++L



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