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HOME-OFFICE COMPUTING has long held that fax/modems are among the best purchases you can make for your computer, whether you buy an external or internal unit. The ability to send and receive documents almost instantly has revolutionized business around the world, and if you don't have it yet, you should consider a fax/modern as the next addition to your arsenal of equipment.
This hardware guide concentrates on fax/modem boards, or cards, that you install in an available slot in your desktop or portable computer to send and receive faxes directly to and from your computer. Many computers come bundled with a fax/modem board these days, or at least have a fax/modem as a purchase option.
THE FEATURES. One of the key distinctions found in today's fax/modem boards is the software that comes bundled with them and controls their functions. We're seeing an increase in Windows-based products, although some still work with DOS--albeit not as transparently. With early fax/modem software on the PC side, you had to quit your current application and launch the...