What is AmigaFax? ================= AmigaFax is a software package that, in combination with a FaxModem, allows you to send and receive facsimile information from your Amiga computer. Received faxes can be viewed, printed, forwarded to other fax machines, and saved as ILBM files which can then be accessed using many standard Amiga programs. You can transmit text, ILBM graphics, and combinations of these as faxes. Using the AmigaFax command language you can add text from any Amiga font, along with logos and ILBM graphics, to create high quality multi-page fax documents. AmigaFax can be set up to automatically send documents to multiple recipients, to send faxes at or after set times, and to answer incoming fax calls automatically. Faxes can be printed on plain paper, using your normal Amiga printer. AmigaFax is highly configurable, allowing you to set up a custom environment that best suits your hardware and way of working. Summary of Features =================== Automatic Reception ------------------- AmigaFax may be configured to receive faxes in the background, or to answer an already ringing line in Fax mode. Autoanswer may also be integrated with a UUCP or BBS environment, where incoming calls may be Fax or data, by using a specially modified version of the getty program that recognises Fax calls. Automatic Transmission ---------------------- Faxes may be queued for transmission after a particular time, to take advantage of lower off-peak telecom rates, for example. You may specify the number of times to try before giving up on transmission, and the period at which retry attempts should be made. All call progress is logged, and progress may be monitored from the main program. Call logging displays when attempts were made, the success or failure of the call, and the Called Number ID of the remote Fax machine reached. Multiple Recipients ------------------- Fax numbers may be entered either directly, or using defineable aliases. Therefore instead of sending to `99123456', you could send it to `Fred'. In the same way, an alias can refer to a list of other aliases, or numbers, so that one fax could be sent to `Customers', representing a list of customers. Flexible Fax Viewer ------------------- The Fax viewer allows you to view a fax document at scales of from 1:1 to 1:8. A 1:3 scale is used by default, which generally gives a quite readable image while still fitting the entire Fax width across a standard Amiga screen. you can easily zoom in on areas of particular interest if required. Powerful Document Builder ------------------------- This allows you to mix any Amiga font or ILBM graphic on a page, include text, ILBM or AmigaFax command files anywhere on a page or in a document, perform alignment at character or pixel level, justify text regardless of font size, automatically add standard information such as address, signature, logo, and current time/date. Highly User Configurable ------------------------ The configuration file allows you to set the system up to suit your requirements. You can define your prefered editor for text and for graphics, set a standard file to use as a template when creating new Fax documents, customize your dial type (pulse/tone, special prefix to get outside line, etc), set the Caller ID string to identify yourself to remote Fax machines, define the modem type you are using, and set many system default values. Uses Preferences Printer ------------------------ By using the Amiga Preferences printer to print out the documents, you can tradeoff speed for resolution as you require. Workbench or CLI interface -------------------------- AmigaFax can be run either from the workbench, or from a shell or CLI interface. In either case, an easy to use graphical presentation makes operation straightforward. System Requirements =================== AmigaFax requires AmigaDOS version 1.3 or greater. It operates with AmigaDOS 2.0, and will run on Amigas from the original A1000 through to the A3000. It is possible to run on an unexpanded A1000 with 512K RAM and 1 disk drive, but in this case memory and disk restraints will limit the number and size of faxes that may be generated or received. In general the more memory and disk available the better. For unattended Auto-receive operation a hard disk system is highly desirable. Availablility ============= AmigaFax is a commercial product, produced in Australia, Copyright (C) 1991,1995 C-Born Software Systems. Overseas distribution may be as bundled software with FaxModem hardware, or direct from C-Born. ----------------------------------------------------------------- David Varley C-Born Software Systems | Voice +61-52-786530 +61-52-290144 59 West Fyans St | AmigaFax +61-52-786355 +61-52-290248 Newtown, Geelong 3220 | Internet dave@cborn.pth.alcoa.com Victoria, AUSTRALIA | varley01@ssw.alcoa.com -----------------------------------------------------------------