There are still a number of people who want modems on Linux machines,
for a variety of specialist applications. There just aren't enough to
make a business out of supplying them. The DSP cores of most of the
modems are only available as 32 bit object code, which means they are
gradually bit rotting, and support would get harder and harder.
I'm not sure why you referred to FAX, as the original poster didn't. A
lot of people still use FAX, mostly in specific sectors, like medical in
the US. However, the FAX support in the full range soft modems available
for Linux have never supported FAX very well. The soft FAX modems used
in Linux VoIP systems, like Asterisk and FreeSwitch, are still used
quite heavily.
Regards,
Steve
On 01/13/2015 09:55 AM, Marvin Stodolsky wrote:
Graham,
For most of the gov, scientific and commercial world, faxes have been
replaced by PDF files. Most and document including photos and
diagrams can be encoded as PDF and if desirable, even UserKey
encrypted. So as long as the Recipient has Internet access, PDF is
typically much more desirable than FAX formats
MarvS
scanModem maintainer
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Antonio Olivares
<olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Graham,
Apparently they have abandoned their support of modem drivers. There
is more accepted use of Wireless devices and Broadband to keep
supporting modems.
They have not updated many drivers for quite a while so it seems that
they have given up.
Best Regards,
Antonio
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Graham Horner <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It seems I need some drivers from linuxant, but if I go there I just get
"Error in database query".
Have they given up?
