Sending/receiving faxes from the HP Palmtop

SEND FAXES USING COMPUSERVE:

Palmtop users who subscribe to the CompuServe Information Service can send and receive faxes on their HP Palmtop with the aid of a modem and CompuServe access software. Connect up to CompuServe and follow the procedures for sending e-mail. Instead of sending it to a User ID, use a valid fax number in place of the e-mail address in the format Fax: <phone number>. For example, if you wanted to send a fax to Thaddeus Computing you would use the address: Fax:15154721879. You are asked to enter the name of the person the fax is going to and told the cost of the transmission.

There are two CompuServe access programs I know of: Tapcis and acCIS.

TAPCIS (ON DISK icon) -- some folks use an older Version of Tapcis (5.4x). I never had Tapcis running on my Palmtop so I can't comment on it.

acCIS -- this is System-Manager compliant communications application, which means it acts just like one of the Palmtop's built-in applications. (I am one of the authors of acCIS.)

SEND/RECEIVE FAXES USING MODEMS AND FAX SOFTWARE

There are a number of different options I know of here:

ACE-FAX, available from ACE Technologies, can be purchased separately ($29) or in combination with a PC Card or Pocket modem. If you consider Ace-Fax and you already have a modem, be sure to check with ACE to see whether yours is on the list of modems that work with ACE-FAX.

EXP offers 3 versions of its ThinFax PC Card modems with excellent FAX software burned into the Card's ROM. One is a modem only and the two others come with on-board flash RAM (2MB, 4MB, & 8MB). In all cases the modem is capable of real 14,400 baud connections. I use their modem with 4MB flash on board and I've been a happy camper ever since. acCIS can be purchased preloaded on a EXP modem/ memory card.

The Smart Card by Apex Data is another PC Card Modem with on-board flash RAM memory (2MB, 4MB, & 6MB). The Apex Smart Card also comes with a fax software.

All the programs above will fit onto a 2MB Palmtop C drive, though in the long run you may want to invest in a memory card to store your data.

Ernst W. Abresch CompuServe ID: [100031,751]

[SSFaxer (ON DISK icon) is another fax software program available for HP Palmtops. It lets you send, receive, view and print faxes from the Palmtop. It comes with a DOS command line version and a menu-driven version that runs from the AppManager. It can be used with external or PC Card modems. -- Rich.]