From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: dugo@xs4all.nl (Jacob Goense)
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:59:26 +0100
Subject: [TUHS] =?utf-8?q?VAX_faxing=3F?=
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On 2015-01-04 09:30, Cory Smelosky wrote:
> Friend asked an odd question:
> 
> Were VAXen ever used to send/receive faxes large-scale?  What software
> was used and how was it configured?
> 
> Was any of this run on any of the UCB VAXen?

Early 80s INTELPOST ran on small 11s running RT-11/RSX-11 with Mills'
fuzzball bolted on top. These were hooked up to DACOM or Rapicom fax
machines.

Dedicating VAXen to do this kind of thing might have been overkill for
a long time.

/Jacob