Re: Scanners for linux (slightly OT)
- From: Will Kemp <Will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:18:04 GMT
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:25:03 +0000, Phil wrote:
Not sure about the fax, but I have never seen the point of turning ascii
text into a bitmap and sending it down a phoneline.
I guess if someone had developed a cheap telex machine before cheap fax
machines made an appearance, nobody else would be able to see the point
of it either. It's rather a shame they didn't really.
Faxes are well on the way to obsolescence now though.
.
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