From: lclarke@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Lee Clarke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: pmfax, winfaxpro & telepath fax modem
Summary: pmfax, winfax pro, and telepath fax modem
Keywords: fax modem
Date: 9 Oct 92 11:17:49 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I have a Gateway 486/33 with Telepath (Rockwell Chipset)
fax/modem, also from Gateway. Gateway sends WINFAX PRO with
the Telepath. I pulled many hair-clumps trying to make WINFAX Pro
work under WINOS2. Calls to makers of FAXPM and PMFAX result
in, to paraphrase, "We don't do that modem yet." Below are responses.
At this point, the faxes start ok, but stop with "data sent to modem",
and the finish-up routine doesn't execute.  Sometimes, after waiting a
minute to see if anything will happen, I press "cancel" and get:
"Application Error. MOD has caused an error in WIN-OS2. GP Fault
in Module: MOD.EXE at 0001-4c90. Press OK to close application."
Then I do that, and WINFAX PRO freezes and won't hang up the
phone line. So, there's progress, but at least in one case, not success. I
thought I'd summarize before this got too difficult too manage. Should
the respose continue to grow, I'll do this again.

Following Mr. Caywood's advice, below, I ordered PMFAX, which is
indeed a wonderful product. It sends and receives wonderfully, but
refuses to send from within any application on my machine, whether
DOS, OS2, or W.doze. I'm more than happy to dump WINFAX, but

has anyone got PMFAX to work from within application?

Darius Vaskelis, U54345@uicvm.uic.edu says:

I've got WinFax PRO working 100% of the time on my OS/2 2.0
system.  How? Grab a copy of the COM2210 or COM2211 serial
drivers (both beta) from your favorite OS/2 FTP site (hobbes) or
OS/2 BBS.  It'll probably be called COMMGA.ZIP or something
similar.

(The COMBETA.TXT file in the archive will tell you if it's
COMM2210 or  newer.)

Now, install the new COM.SYS, VCOM.SYS, and MODE.COM.  *DO
NOT INSTALL THE NEW COMM.DRV!*  Leave your original
COMM.DRV in place.

WinFax PRO will now work like a charm.  It sometimes screws up if
you give it less than 2M of DPMI memory, but otherwise, it's great.
I've had no problems running it as a WIN-OS/2 3.0 application, and
now with the new OS/2 beta, a WIN-OS/2 3.1 application.

Mr. Vaskelis also says:

Ok, here's how I've gotten Win Fax PRO to work:

\OS2\COM.SYS dated 9/8/92 (from COMM2211, also worked with
COMM2210) \OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS dated 9/12/92 (ditto)
\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV dated 3/30/92 (from
shipping 2.0 GA)

It also worked with the current OS/2 2.00.1 beta with either:

\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV dated 8/4/92 (from
2.00.1 beta) \WINOS231\SYSTEM\COMM.DRV dated 9/5/92 (from
2.00.1 beta)

My communications port settings are:

MODE
COM1:57600,N,8,1,TO=OFF,XON=OFF,IDSR=OFF,ODSR=OFF,O
CTS=OFF,DTR=OFF, RTS=OFF,BUFFER=AUTO

(57600 is my DTE speed, yours may be 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400,
etc.)

I got the same symptoms you describe (usually the lockup at
"Initializing...") when I used the COMM.DRV dated 6/11/92 from
COMM2210 and COMM2211.  Perhaps you accidently installed this
COMM.DRV?  If so, rename COMM.DRV to COMM.692 and rename
your COMM.392 back to COMM.DRV.

Michael Brunetti <MICHAELB@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu> says:

The early release of modems with the Rockwell chipset have the
problem A ROM upgrade is required to fix its problems (a
BOCAMODEM owner)

Andy Miller )at278@cleveland.freenet.edu) says:

Under Win-OS2 there may not be any good answer.
Under OS/2, PMFAX and FAXPM may still work.  Just not very well,
especially on multi-page faxes.
Under straight DOS, Delrina DOSFAX should work.
Under DOS emulation or VDM or external VDM probably nothing
will work. Under straight DOS and MS Windows there may not be any
good answer.

(Clarke Caywood) ccaywood@casbah.acns.nwu.edu says:

Actually, PMFax _does_ work with the Telepath.  I have it and can
send and receive fine... the salesman was probably misinformed.

From what I've heard Fax/PM is difficult to use, so we got this one.