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May 1998	•    The Mobile Intranet .   (International Features)   The next generation of GSM services will offer faster data rates and smarter messaging. •    A Wireless Desktop .   (International What's New)    Cordless Desktop combines a cordless keyboard with a three button cordless mouse, a dual-function receiver, and Logitech's own MouseWare driver software.
March 1998	•    PC Card Modem for Macs and PCs .   (International What's New)    The Lasat Credit 560 communications PC Card supports PCs and Macs.
February 1998	•    Sales with No Strings Attached .   (Reseller)   New wireless products give courageous resellers additional entrees into sal es-force automation.
January 1998	•    Broadband Goes Guerrilla .   (Cover Story)   Forget slow phone companies and regulators; ADSL is coming anyway. •    Lab Notes: Cable Modems Take the Early Lead .   (Reviews)   In our tests, cable modem s provide faster Net access than analog modems or ISDN. •    K56 Software Modems .   (What's New)    PC-Tel's PCT388 Host Signal Processing (HSP) modem offers K56Flex technology without forcing you to buy any new modem hardware. •    Wireless Network to Link Asian Countries .   (International Bits)    Taiwan's major wireless data network operators have formed the EGANet Wireless Data Communications Consortium to provide a broad range of wireless services to the island. •    PC Card Modem for Macs and PCs .   (In ternational What's New)    The PC Card DataFire Go modem combines a 64-Kbps ISDN card and a 33.6-Kbps fax modem for use with the Mac OS, NetWare, and Windows.

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December 1997	•    Cheaper Modems for ISPs .   (Bits)    New chips for Internet-access modems will deliver more communications capabilities in a smaller and cheaper package. •    New 56-Kbps Modems in a PC Card .   (International What's New)    Intertex's PC Card modems offer 56-Kbps high-speed Internet access.
November 1997	•    The Orbiting Internet: Fiber in the Sky .   (Cover Story)   Broadband satellite systems stand ready to bring multimegabit data rates worldwide. Sounds great. What's the catch? •    Broadband Choices .   (International Features)   The ISDN-versus-ADSL question just won't go away, at least in Asia and Europe in 1998.
October 1997	•    ATM's Shrinking Role .   (Cover Story)   Internet technologies have put a hole in the boat carrying ATM to shore. •    Bandwidth on a Budget: 34 Fast Modems .   (BYTE Hardware Lab Report)   Speed to 56 Kbps and beyond with X2, K56flex, ISDN, and ADSL devices.
September 1997	•    Plug and Play for Manufacturers .   (Reseller)   A fiber-optic interface standard and programmable motors help build precise motion-control systems quicker.
August 1997	•    Air War .   (Special Report)   Digital cellular is the future. But which digital-cellular technology is the one for your company? •    56-Kbps Modems Include Fax and Voice Support .   (International What's New)    The Intertex IX36 modem line now supports K56flex/K56Plus technology and provides a data transmission rate up to 56 Kbps.
July 1997	•    Modem Management .   (What's New)    Motorola's 3460 Fast'r Modem ($595 for stand-alone model) is designed for network managers and MIS groups for remote access, SNA lease line, or dial-up analog applications. •    Voice and Data Modem .   (International What's New)    Allowing users to converse and send data simultaneously over a single standard phone line, the OfficePorte vo ice/data modem can be used to run remote-training and technical-support applications.
June 1997	•    How Fast Is a 56-Kbps Modem? .   (Reviews)   Two fast, inexpensive modems from U.S. Robotics and Cardinal give your downloads a boost -- maybe. •    Dual-Mode Spread-Spec trum Modem .   (What's New)    The Hopper FD wireless modem sends data via direct sequence or, for areas with high interference levels, frequency-hopping spread-spectrum technologies.
May 1997	•    DSVD Modem Cards .   (What's New)    With the Baby Tiger-288R and Tiger-288R modem cards, you can share applications and data files while talking on the same telephone line. •    PC Card 28.8-Kbps Fax Modems for Mobile Computers .   (What's New)    MGV Memory's 28.8-Kbps ($169) and 33.6-Kbps ($198; cellular-ready version, $219) PC Card modems feature V.42bis data compression and V.42 error correction 14.4-Kbps send-and-receive fax transmission, low-power standby mode, and hot-swapping capability. •    32-bit Fax/Telephony Product .   (What's New)    The 32-bit version of Communicate (US$179), a stand-alone, integrated fax, voice/telephony, Internet e-mail, paging, and data-communications package for Windows 95 and NT, also integrates a contact manager, a color graphics editor, and OCR capabilities. •    56.6-Kbps Modem Supports TAPI .   (International What's New)    CompuTime's new RallyeCom 336 modem now supports 56.6 Kbps transfer rates. •    Fax Server Integrates with E-Mail .   (International What's New)    Faxmaker for Intranet is fax server software that integrates with standard SMTP/POP3 servers as well as with e-mail clients such as Eudora, Netscape, and Microsoft Exchange.
April 1997	•    33.6 SVD Modem with AudioSpan .   (What's New)    The AudioSpan Model AM3314IVSP modem ($249) lets you exchange simultaneous voice and data information to other SVD modems when you connect it to an analog phone line.
March 1997	•    13 Modems: Fast for the Web .   (BYTE Hardware Lab Report)   What's speed got to do with it? Everything. •    High-Speed Modem with Upgrade Path .   (International What's New)    The CommWave V.34 PnP offers a simple but efficient upgrade path to the new modem standards. •    Fax Software wth OCR Engine .   (International What's New)    Targeted at mastering the vast amount of faxes that companies receive every day, Trio Community 5.0 includes indexing and search-and-compression tools that make it easier to administrate and distribute incoming faxes in a LAN environment. •    Fax Server for Heterogeneous Networks .   (International What's New)    Providing fax, file, and voice-mail transfer to heterogeneous networks, FotoWin Network Fax is a comprehensive 32-bit fax-server solution for Windows NT 4.0.
February 1997	•    57 Varieties of Internet Faxing .   (Bits)    The total expenditure by Fortune 500 companies on international faxing is around $15 million per year, which accounts for 41 percent of those companies' telephone bills, according to a 1996 Gallup/Pitney Bowes survey. •    Multiple Point-to-Point Wireless Modem .   (International What's New)    3J Technology now offers a wireless modem. The device utilizes direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) radio-frequency technology and operates in the 902- to 928-MHz ISM band.
January 1997	•    Wireless PDAs Will Proliferate .   (Bits)    Mobile phones are on the verge of experiencing the same sort of growth and options that personal computers did years ago. •    Multiple-Platform Fax Server .   (International What's New)    The Comfax fax server for heterogeneous Windows NT and Unix networks provides least-cost routing and supports ISDN as well as telephone networks.

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December 1996	•    Double Trouble for 56-Kbps Modems .   (Bits)   Real-world limitations and questions of compatibility lurk beneath emerging 56-Kbps modem technologies. •    Fax Modem to Share Voice and Data .   (What's New)    Incorporating a speakerphone, the SupraExpress 336 Sp with ASVD (internal, $149; external, $169) delivers transmission speeds of 33.6 Kbps and V.80 video-phone functionality for synchronous exchange of audio and video. •    33.6-Kbps PC Card Data/Fax Modem .   (What's New)    The DataLink PC Card 33.6 modem ($239), which is available for PC and Mac portable computers, features pow er management that saves battery life and supports the V.34+ standard and landline and cellular communications.
November 1996	•    New Fax-Testing Boards for Product Developers .   (International What's New)    Aspect 4G, a dedicated fax-protocol testing board, includes Windows software that runs preprogrammed tests, manages private protocols, and passively observes protocols.
October 1996	•    Personal Fax Server .   (What's New)    Consisting of an external fax/modem card and a memory chip set, which comes with 512 KB of RAM (expandable to 4.2 MB), 3D FaxPal ($169) captures faxes from a telephone line and stores them (up to 20 faxed pages) for later retrieval from a PC. •    19.2-Kbps Wireless Modem .   (What's New)    Designed with direct-sequence spread-spectrum technology, the Hopper DS wireless modem (from $980) can transmit and receive data at speeds of up to 19.2 Kbps at distances exceeding 6 miles. •    Fiber Modem .   (International What's New)    FOM-E1/T1, a fiber modem, converts electrical E1 or T1 signals into optical signals.
September 1996	•    Break the Bandwidth Barrier .   (Cover Story)   New high-speed modems that operate over cable TV networks and ordinary phone lines will give an unprecedented amount of affordable bandwidth to everyone. •    10 Multifunction Telephony Boards .   (BYTE Lab Product Report)   We test devices that put fax, modem, and voice capability all in one place. •    RightFax NT 4.50 .   (What's New)    Fax-server software, RightFax NT 4.50 offers support for NetWare clients, remote-server status m onitor and configuration changes, new protocols, user-interface improvements to FaxUtil, and RTF for OCR output. •    160-Kbps Baseband Modem .   (What's New)    A high-speed baseband modem with interchangeable DTE/DCE interface modules, the Model 1090 KiloModem PS ($695) supports synchronous data rates of from 48 to 160 Kbps, and connects to V.35, X.21, G.703, RS-232, or RS-422/530 hardware interfaces. •    RightFax NT 4.50 .   (What's New)    Fax-server software, RightFax NT 4.50 offers support for NetWare clients, remote-server status monitor and configuration changes, new protocols, user-interface improvements to FaxUtil, and RTF for OCR output. •    Gold Card Supports GSM Data, Fax .   (International What's New)    Providing GSM data and fax services for 13 European countries, the Gold Card GSM PC Card conforms to the international GSM standard. •    Modem Sharing for Outbound Communications .   (International What's New)    SAPS, SpartaCom's Asynchronous Port Sharing software, lets LAN users effectively share a pool of modems for inbound and outbound calls. •    New Fax Server for MS-Exchange .   (International What's New)    With Faxination, a fax s erver for Microsoft Exchange, sending a fax is just like sending e-mail.
August 1996	•    Videoconferencing Fax Modem .   (What's New)    With the SmartLink Mwave DocuPal V.34 multimedia DSVD fax/modem ($439), two or more users can view and revise the same document on-screen simultaneously from various workstations. •    External Modems .   (What's New)    Available in LED and LCD models, Quicktel II modems include internal speakers, internal microphones, and jacks for external speakers and microphones.
July 1996	•    An Answering Machine for Faxes .   (International What's New)    SpiderMan 2000 is a giant step ahead of standard fax/mode ms because your PC or Mac doesn't need to be turned on to receive faxes and voice messages.
June 1996	•    28.8 Modem/Sound Card .   (What's New)    Commando ($249) combines the functions of a 28.8-Kbps V.34 fax modem, a wave-table sound card, a full-duplex speakerphone, a voice-mail answering system, and fax on demand on a full-size ISAbus card.
May 1996	•    Stay Connected .   (Special Report)   Rather than a single solution, you may need a mix of wire-line and wireless options for on-the-road communications. Here are four essential tools. •    DSDV Single-Line Modem .   (What's New)    Based on a flexible software-defined DSP architecture , the NewTalk 2000 ($239) has the ability to dynamically change to respond to your application program's demands. •    Multiline Fax Board .   (What's New)    A multiport direct-inward-dialing (DID) product, the GammaFax CPD/220 fax board ($2995) supports two DID ports and two analog ports. •    Two Courier Modems for the Mac .   (What's New)    The Courier V.Everything for Macintosh modem ($595) offers V.34 for data transfer speeds up to 33.6 Kbps, plus backward compatibility. •    PC Card, Rack-Mount V. 34 Modems .    (International What's New Hardware)    E-Tech's V.34 modems come in mobile and rack-mountable versions. •    Modem Provides Voice Mail and Paging .   (International What's New Hardware)    Opti International's new Optigold fax modem lets you turn your computer into a telephone-answering machine. •    FaxMan Facilitates PC Communications .   (International What's New Software)    FaxMan 2.5 is a terminal and communication program for PCs.
April 1996	•    Voice/Fax Modem Card With Speakerphone .   (What's New)    The SmartLink ConferencePal V.32 terbo voice/fax modem with speakerphone ($149) automatically distinguishes between data, fax, and voice transmissions. •    3D Fax 2.0 .   (What's New)    A 32-bit native Windows 95 add-on to your current fax application, 3D Fax 2.0 can encode and transmit up to 32 KB of compressed data in Standard mode or 110 KB of compressed data (up to 200 pages of text) in Professional mode on a single page; exchange binary files and send editable or executable files via PC fax; and compress and encode PC files into special digital codes. •    Multiline Fax-On-Demand .   (What's New)    A Windows 95 version of Ibex Technologies' multiline fax-on-demand and fax broadcast system, Fax-It-Back ($1495) allows callers to request documents by phone and automatically delivers them via fax. •    Integrate Fax and Contact Management .   (What's New)    01/Faxcom combines fax and data services with a contact manager, an OCR engine, and a graphics editor. •    Modem Bundled with Internet Software .   (International What's New Hardware)    Lasat has extended its partnership with CompuServe by adding the on-line service's NetLauncher software to its modem packages. •    Personal Organizer Provides E-Mail and Fax Service .   (International What's New Hardware)    Sharp's ZR-5000 Personal Communicator, when combined with optional peripherals, can send and receive E-mail, access on-line BBSes, send faxes via GSM cellular or regular phone lines, and exchange information with local and remote PCs. •    Desktop Scanner, Fax, and Copier .    (International What's New Hardware)    Fujitsu's ScanPartner EO (Electric Office) desktop scanner also works as a fax and copier when connected to a telephone line and as a printer via the appropriate interface and software.
March 1996	•    PC Card Modem with Voice and Cellular .   (What's New)    The DataVoice 3400 PC Card ($399) features Direct Connect Cellular support for popular cellular phones and Radish Voice View technology, which enables you to alternate quickly between talking on the telephone and using a modem during the same call. •    28.8 Fax Modem for the Mac .   (What's New)    A data communications solution that incorporates the V.34 standard to enable communications speeds up to 28.8 Kbps, the SupraExpress 288 (about $200) provides maximum throughput speeds of 115.2 Kbps, fax-transmission speeds up to 14.4 Kbps, and FAXcilitate fax software. •    Wireless Spread-Spectrum Controller .   (International What's New Hardware)    Teklogix's 9300 Systems Network Controller, for wireless communications applications, is based on a Moto rola 68360 32-bit processor and supports up to 40 MB of memory. •    Integrated Fax and Data Communications .   (International What's New Software)    Procomm Plus for Windows 2.11, a terminal program, integrates fax and data communications into a single program for such applications as fax polling. •    Fax on Demand for Notes .   (International What's New Software)    FactsLine for Notes integrates the Connaught FactsLine fax-on-demand software with Lotus Notes and lets you use existing Notes documents for fax-on-demand software without printing or manually faxing them.
February 1996	•    Phone Lines Stymie V.34 Modems (November) .   (Fixes)    In "Phone Lines Stymie V.34 Modems" (November), the area code for U.S. Robotics was incorrect. •    External Modems With Voice .   (What's New)    The LX voice/data/fax series consists of a 28.8-Kbps modem, the Smart One 2834VLX ($319), and a 14.4-Kbps mode m, the Smart One 1442VLX ($189). •    International Data/Fax Modem For Powerbooks .   (What's New)    The V.34 DF2814APB Global Class Data/Fax Modem PC Card ($529) for the PowerBook 190 and 5300 supports V.34 28.8-Kbps data, 14.4-Kbps send and receive fax, data compression, and error correction. •    Modem For German And Swiss Markets .   (International What's New Hardware)    Certified for the German and Swiss markets, the ST 2814 V.34 PC Card 28.8-Kbps fax/modem features a low-noise, solid-state interface that allows for high reliability and low power consumption. •    Radio Bridge Supports Wireless Data .   (International What's New Hardware)    The LXE 6400 Omninet radio bridge brings wireless data communications to mobile computers.
January 1996	•    Self-Serve Information .   (Reviews)   Fax-on-demand delivers Touch-Tone access to timely news and data. Long-term, it can save labor and marketing costs. •    Workgroup Fax Software .   (What's New)    Running as an NLM, Faxcom/Workgroup for NetWare allows users on NetWare networks to send and receive faxes via a shared fax modem connected to a file server.

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December 1995	•    WinFax Pro 7.0 Delivers More-Reliable Faxing .   (What's New)    Windows fax programs have many advantages over stand-alone fax machines. •    New Modem for Hand-Held Computers .   (International What's New Hardware)    Husky Computers now offe rs an internal modem option for its FS/2 line of rugged hand-held computers.
November 1995	•    Phone Lines Stymie V.34 Modems .   (News & Views)    Today's advanced modems push the telephone system to the limit, and users are finding to their woe that in many cases, 28.8-Kbps modems won't deliver their advertised throughput. •    Two-Line Voice/Data/Fax/Audio System .   (What's New)    A two-line voice/data/fax and 16-bit audio system, the VoicePro+2 ($329) includes a 14.4-Kbps fax/data modem, dual-line voice-mail, fax-message forwarding, auto-paging, a speakerphone, an external fax switcher, music on hold from internal or external audio sources, and caller ID with four message formats. •    V.34 Modems .   (What's New)    Four V.34 fax modems, which are available in external and internal configurations, offer ITU-TSS V.34, for connect speeds up to 28.8 Kbps, and V.42bis and MNP 5 data compression, to allow throughout up to 115.2 Kbps. •    Two-Way Wireless PC Card Modem .   (What's New)    Designed for use with the ARDIS wireless data communications network, which provides dual 4.8-/19.2-Kbps operation, the Personal Messenger 100D (about $700 to $750) PC Card modem for Type II and III slots lets you send and receive E-mail from your office network or the Internet, send faxes, and access corporate databases.
October 1995	•    Ind ustrial-Strength Fax Servers .   (Reviews)   Six high-end network programs offer company-wide faxing and enough throughput for an entire fax-based business
September 1995	•    PCMCIA Modem With Status Lights .   (What's New)    U.S. Robotics' Courier V.Everything PCMCIA PC Card with DataView ($575) has four LEDs that let you monitor power, send, receive, and on-line functions d uring a fax or data transfer. •    Exchange Binary Files Via Fax .   (What's New)    With 3D Fax, you can send and receive editable or executable files via standard fax.
August 1995	•    Five-in-One Peripherals .   (Reviews)   New multifu nction PC peripherals fax, scan, print, and copy, all for under $1000 •    Cellular PCMCIA Fax Modem .   (What's New)    Incorporating MNP 10EC, the Smart ST1414C ($239) cellular PCMCIA fax modem supports 14.4-Kbps transmit and receive with fallback capability; MNP 2 to 5, V.42bis, and V.42, which allows a throughput of up to 57.6 Kbps; V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V.22, V.21, Bell 212 and 103 standards; and automatic line equalization for poor connections. •    Simultaneous Voice And Data Modem .   (What's New)    Now PC users can talk and share applications simultaneously over a single analog telephone line.
July 1995	•    Multichannel Fax And Voice Boards .   (What's New)    The GammaFax CP-6/SC six-channel ($3995) and CP-12/SC 12-channel ($7495) boards help you develop PC-based fax broadcast, fax-on-demand, T1 fax connections, and integrated voice-response systems. •    V.34 PCMCIA Cellular Modem .   (What's New)    A 28.8-Kbps cellular data/fax modem, the Mobile Plus V.34 Cellular lets you send and receive information from a mobile computer without wires. •    14.4 PCMCIA Fax Modem .   (What's New)    A V.32bis PCMCIA fax modem, the Zoltrix PCM144 can send and receive faxes and transmit data at 14.4 Kbps.
June 1995	•    PDAs Bounce Back .   (Special Report)   Slowly but surely, PDAs are evolving into useful business tools. High prices and an inadequate wireless infrastructure remain obstacles. •    32 V.34 Modems Answer The Call .   (BYTE Lab Product Report)   What do you want from a modem? Speed? Interoperability? Reliability? Read on--all the information on 28.8-Kbps external and PC Card modems is right here. •    Network Faxing .   (What's New)    FaxPress 3000 lets LAN and enterprise-wide network users send and receive faxes directly from their workstations. •    Direct-Inward-Dialing Network Fax-Server Board .   (What's New)    Faxination DID routes incoming faxes from the fax server, through the LAN, and directly to users' workstations.
May 1995	•    Wireless Bridges Grow as Campus Link .   (News & Views)    Frost and Sull ivan expects businesses to increasingly turn to wireless bridges from companies like Solectek, Windata, Persoft, Proxim, and Cylink for building-to-building (aka campus) networking. •    Small-Scale Telephony .   (Reviews)   Six multifunction telephony boards manage fax, voice, modem, and sound •    High-Performance Fax Server .   (What's New)    Biscom's (Chelmsford, MA) Faxcom 6000 enables users of LAN desktop systems connected to corporate mainframes to send and receive faxes and allows MIS and LAN administrators to manage fax traffic throughout an organization. •    PCMCIA Voice/Fax Modem .   (What's New)    A voice/fax modem for laptops, notebooks, or subnotebooks with Type II or III PCMCIA slots, the Quicktel 14V14PCM PC Card features V.32bis data transmission and V.42bis data compression and can send data and faxes at 14.4 Kbps. •    NLM For Fax Communications .   (What's New)    FaxWare, a 32-bit NLM for Novell NetWare, can send faxes on 64 lines at a rate of 14.4 Kbps while supporting up to 1000 users and 32 servers per LAN.
April 1995	•    Universal Modems .   (What's New)    Unlimited Systems (San Diego, CA) offers the Konexx Konnector Model 111 ($159) and the Konexx Koupler Model 204 ($149). •    Modemless Communications .   (What's New)    Telebyte Technology's (Greenlawn, NY) Model 234 is an RS-232 modem eliminator designed to be placed between two asynchronous or synchronous DTEs.
March 1995	•    ``Curing the Windows Fax Blues'' .   (Fixes)    January: In ``Curing the Windows Fax Blues,'' the caption on page 138 should have referred to Windows' cooperative multitasking rather than Windows' preemptive multitasking. •    V.34 Modems .   (What's New)    Packaged in a compact tower case, the ViVa 28.8 V.34 external modem ($335) can test line conditions and simultaneously adjust tra nsmission rates before and during transmission. •    Four-Faceted Fax Machine .   (What's New)    Able to turn an ordinary fax machine into a combination fax, scanner, copier, and printer, the MFF-100 multifunction fax card ($249) continues working after you turn off your PC. •    Fax Server For Netware .   (What's New)    Biscom's (Chelmsford, MA) Faxcom for NetWare (from $1495) is an NLM-based fax server that supports NetWare 3.x and 4.x, as well as such client operating systems as Windows, DOS, the Macintosh, and the Unix X Window System-based Motif GUI. •    Wireless E-Mail .   (What's New)    RadioMail Connection for Windows ($39) is a wireless communications application that provides Windows users with a mobile messaging capability.
February 1995	•    Brooktrout Cuts the Cost of Internal Faxing .   (News & Views)    Faxing is popular to everyone except, perhaps, the person responsible for pay ing the phone bill to send all those faxes. •    Local Wireless Communications .   (What's New)    A wireless remote interface for locally mobile networked and stand-alone PCs, Zenith Data Systems' CruisePad lets you wirelessly control a desktop or notebook PC while collaborating with a colleague in a conference room or walking with a customer. •    Network Modem Access .   (What's New)    The network version of Qmo-demPro for Windows ($399) lets as many as five users simultaneously access the program's data-transmitting capabilities. •    Robofax Pro 4.0 .   (What's New)    Robofax Pro 4.0, FaxQuest, a division of Applied Systems Engineering (Sunnyvale, CA), adds smart dialing, runs up to four lines at once, provides LAN support, and simultaneously runs multiple decision trees.
January 1995	•    Curing the Windows Fax Blues .   (Special Report)   You can get problem-free productivity by using a fax modem in your Windows PC. Here's how. •    Doing It All on One Line .   (Special Report)   Multimode modems cut phone bills, facilitate document conferencing, and enable "visual" interactive voice response

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December 1994	•    Collecting Facts from Fax .   (Reviews)   Teleform 3.0 is powerful software for automatically converting customized paper forms to computer data •    Shared Faxing .   (What's New)    Fax<HQ ($1295) lets you send, receive, and manage faxes from any deskt op computer connected to a network while sharing fax/modems built into a central fax server.
November 1994	•    IR Fax Modem .   (What's New)    A wireless PCMCIA fax modem, the Airplex Model 2705 ($499) uses diffuse, omnidirectional infrared technology to eliminate the cord connection between your PCMCIA fax modem and indoor phone jack. •     Scan, Fax, Or Print .   (What's New)    Scan-by-Fax ($149.95) lets you convert any fax machine into a multipage scanner or printer. •    Modems In The Fast Class .   (What's New)    The internal 2842F ($279) and external 2842FX ($319) V.fast-class modems provide 28.8-Kbps data and 14.4-Kbps fax transmission with V.42 error correction. •    Share A Modem .   (What's New)    A modem- and port-sharing device, the Model 330 ($495) lets up to four computers or terminals share a master modem, multiplexer, front-end processor port, or DDS circuit.
October 1994	•    ``26 Modems: Faster than 14.4 Kbps'' .   (Fixes)    The July Lab Report (``26 Modems: Faster than 14.4 Kbps'') incorrectly represented two telephone-line types as if they were defined by the working papers of the EIA/TIA (Electronic Industries Association/Telecommunications Industry Association). •    Networking on a Beam of Light .   (Reviews)   Photonics' wireless networking uses infrared to link your computers •    One World, One Fax .   (Reviews)   Global Village's One World fax server gives a Mac network an easy shared fax solution •    Plain And Fancy Faxing .   (What's New)    You can use the Faxplus 9624 plain-paper fax modem (from $399) as a stand-alone unit or connect it to your PC. •    PCMCIA Modem .   (What's New)    A v oice/fax/data modem card, the ST1414L ($299) supports voice-mail, mailbox, and fax-back capabilities. •    Direct Cellular Link .   (What's New)    The Cellular Direct PCMCIA modem ($329) from Apex Data (Pleasanton, CA) plugs directly into the data-access port on a cellular phone, eliminating the otherwise required data-interface box.
September 1994	•    Data over Cellular .   (Features)   Enhanced Throughput Cellular makes you forget that your data is riding on an analog connection •    Modem Pools .   (Features)    One of the tangential benefits of ETC (Enhanced Throughput Cellular) design is that it works, albeit not at its best, when present in only one-half of a modem-to-modem connection. •    Fax Modem With Voiceview Support .   (What's New)    An internal multifunction fax board, the Connection Pro ($249) has built-in support for the Radish VoiceView protocol.
August 1994	•    Scan, Fax, And Copy .   (What's New)    The ScanFlex 6700 is both a high-resolution full-page scanner and a fax machine. •    Multifaceted Modem .   (What's New)    A hardware/software combination, the MultiModemPCS-Mac and MultiExpressPCS-Mac ($799) is a voice, data, and fax modem for use with Macs running System 7.0 or higher. •    Cellular Modem .   (What's New)    Offering data reliability and throughput via cellular connection, the Noteworthy cellular-ready modem ($369) lets you access information while traveling without having to search for a hard-wired phone line.
July 1994	•    Hands-On Testing: 26 Modems: Faster Than 14.4 Kbps .   (BYTE Lab Product Report)   Is faster better even when standards are in flux? We stress-test 26 high-speed modems to identify the best for today's business applications •    Mac Workgroup Fax Server .   (What's New)    OneWorld Fax (from $999), from Global Village (Mountain View, CA), integrates hardware and software in a single device that lets you send faxes from your networked Mac. •    PCMCIA Fax Card .   (What's New)    The FM-288i ($495) V.Fast 28.8-Kbps data/fax modem from PreMax Electronics (Sunnyvale, CA) p rovides data-transmission-speed conversions of up to 115.2 Kbps. •    Voice-Interactive Modem .   (What's New)    An internal voice-interactive data/fax modem, the 9624VF ($199) combines a 9600-bps send/receive fax modem with a 2400-bps data modem with voice recognition.
June 1994	•    Fax from Windows .   (What's New)    The FaxFacts FFWIN utility (from $300) lets you fax directly from any Windows application when you use it with FaxFacts broadcast software, a high-performance fax board, and a dedicated PC that acts as a fax server tied to the network for outbound-only faxing.
May 1994	•    Wireless Gets Real .   (State Of The Art)   Wide-a rea wired communications and network-access services are rapidly being augmented by more flexible wireless solutions •    Internal Fax Modem .   (What's New)    An internal fax modem that transfers data at 2400 bps and sends and receives faxes at 4800 bps and 9600 bps, respectively, the MX-2496B ($59) includes MNP 5 and V.42bis capabilities. •    Wireless Communication Between Buildings .   (What's New)    The AirPort Wireless Interbuilding Systems use spread-spectrum radio technology to provide 16-Mbps wireless point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communications at distances of up to 1.8 miles.
April 1994	•    Gain Wireless Control Of Your PC .   (What's New)    DOS- and Windows-compatible, the RediDockit wireless docking system gives you wireless remote control of your desktop computer's keyboard and screen. •    Short-Range Modem .   (What's New)    A short-range modem that you can operate at distances of up to 2000 feet over UTP wire, the Model 1225 ($65) from Patton Electronics (Gaithersburg, MD) works in pairs. •    A Wireless Interface For Your PC And Phone .   (What's New)    DigiDial lets you auto-dial directly from your computer to your PBX-system phone. •    Faxing With The PowerBook Duo .   (What's New)    The PowerPort/Mercury fax/modem for the PowerBook Duo ($399) is based on the V.32terbo standard, enabling it to transfer data at speeds of up to 19.2 Kbps and send and receive faxes at 14.4 Kbps.
March 1994	•    Binary File Transfer In Fax .   (News & Views)    Neural networks, which allow computers to perform pattern-recognition functions, have so far remained on the fringe of mainstream computing. •    Fax Gets a Face-Lift .   (News & Views)    The great things about fax are that it's easy to use and practically every business has one. •    Internal Fax Modem .   (What's New)    A V.32bis/V.42bis fax modem card, the T/PortModem 1440PT ($299) sends and receives data or faxes in the background while you work on your PC.
February 1994	•    Cellular Data Market Segmentation .   (News & Views)    The first CDPD cellular-data networks were slated to begin operating in select cities early this year, and CDPD cellular carriers are currently negotiating agreements that will let users transparently roam from one area to another without dropping their connection. •    Wireless Data over the GSM Voice Channel .   (News & Views)    For many users in Europe, mobile wireless modems are still a thing of the future. •    WinFax Pro Hits the Network .   (Reviews)   Delrina's Windows fax package offers workgroups easy access to shared modems and room to grow •    Other Faxes Received .   (Reviews)    Low-cost fax-modem-sharing software is an idea whose time has come. •    Cellular Data Transfer .   (What's New)    A 1-pound cellular communications device designed for use with portable computers, the AirCommunicator lets you use your current software applications to send and receive E-mail, faxes, and data files. •    A Cellular Modem .   (What's New)    The Cellect 14.4 PCMCIA modem ($549) from Motorola UDS (Huntsville, AL) features the company's Enhanced Cellular Control (EC2) to improve cellular data reliability while retaining compatibility with CCITT- and Bell-compliant mode ms. •    Mirror-Fax with Voice 2.0 .   (What's New)    Mirror-Fax with Voice 2.0, SoftKlone (Tallahassee, FL), features data, fax, and voice capabilities and supports Cirrus Logic, Rockwell, Sierra, and ZyXel data/fax/voice chip sets.
January 1994	•    A Modem With P arallel-Port Connections .   (What's New)    A 28,800-bps portable modem with fax, the TravelPorte Fast ($499) has data throughput of up to 115.2 Kbps using V.42bis and MNP 5 data compression.