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Title: PMfax
Post by: Derrick Price on March 22, 2023, 11:52:01 am
Help :'(. I have lost module imgfx6mn.dll required by PMfax. Is there anybody who has a copy and could send it to me?
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Remy on March 22, 2023, 04:09:40 pm
May be it is installed by pmfax !
Did you try to install again pmfax ?
https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?detail=%2Fpub%2Fos2%2Fapps%2Fcomm%2Ffax%2FPMFaxPro_upd_3-2.zip
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Derrick Price on March 28, 2023, 11:09:58 am
The problem is that the *exe does not contain the module but expects it to be somewhere in the system  >:(
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Remy on March 28, 2023, 04:00:00 pm
Help :'(. I have lost module imgfx6mn.dll required by PMfax. Is there anybody who has a copy and could send it to me?

I just started my older PMFax to review logs and it start without the need of the dll !

I suppose imgfx6mn is from ImageMAKER provided by your fax device drivers.
Check if you have your fax card drivers. 
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Martin Iturbide on March 28, 2023, 04:50:11 pm
Hi.

I'm sorry I don't know about PMFax, I tried to find the imgfx6mn.dll file on my collection but I was not able to find it.

Searching on the Internet I found this information "imgfx6mn.dll is a module belonging to ImageMAKER Development Fax Printer Driver from ImageMAKER Development Inc.". But that site reference it as a Windows DLL.

Derrick, which version of PMFax are you using? version? Lite, Pro?. Which OS/2, ArcaOS version are you running?
Do you have some special hardware, or it is just a modem to get fax?

Regards
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: mauro on March 28, 2023, 08:27:26 pm
I'm curious about PMFax. First connection functionality I've been able to run at first OS2 usage in 1995 was a fax client in WINOS2 even before I could connect to Internet. Unfortunately cannot remember the software name.
Was by a 14.4 kbps modem through the serial port.
I'd like to try again, what I have is a Webrunner Atlantis Land 56.6 kbps USB faxmodem working in Windows 10, Conexant chipset, and OS2 Warp 4.52 on a Virtualbox guest machine.
Do you think I can afford the challenge?
Of course assuming that PMFax accepts USB connection or an alternative configuration setup for connection, and also can be used with the so said "winmodem" as that model should be.
Thank you
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Dave Yeo on March 28, 2023, 08:34:20 pm
Looks like a winmodem, so no, it won't work under OS/2. Something like a USB USR robotics modem will work as the USB interface is presented as a com port.
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: mauro on March 28, 2023, 08:56:49 pm
Looks like a winmodem, so no, it won't work under OS/2. Something like a USB USR robotics modem will work as the USB interface is presented as a com port.

understand, I'had suspected that.
Thank you
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Martin Iturbide on March 29, 2023, 12:57:51 am
Hi

I just found the waybackmachine archived site with some dead liks:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20000815221748/http://www.kellergroup.com/ (https://web.archive.org/web/20000815221748/http://www.kellergroup.com/)

But no hints of the Windows version nor "imgfx6mn.dll ".

Regards
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Neil Waldhauer on March 29, 2023, 03:46:59 pm
I can confirm that the US Robotics USB modem works great with ArcaOS. I'm using the latest Arca Noae USB drivers.

I will also note that land lines, FAX and dial-up are now much less commonly available. I found challenges using a modem that were just me trying to remember how we used to do communications.
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Wayne A. Smith on April 21, 2024, 11:18:23 pm
Neil,
How right you are ...  It's bit a long time since i had to configure this kind of connection, though I'm trying again after a long hiatus in trying PMFax Pro again.

I also have a US Robotics External 54K Voice FaxModem Pro, connected by the USB cable and to a landline.  While PMFax is (I believe) installed properly, I can't get a dial-in recognized by it.  (I first used Suntan Special for installation but got an Error that "Product not enabled."  I then copied an old directory, and used the Registry Editor to change the directory reference.)

USBCOM.SYS is referenced in <config.sys>.  Since FMD1 as the Port didn't work, I tried COM1 but No Joy there either.

Looking in <system.ini> for COM1, the PORTDRIVER key is "Serial".  Since the modem now has a USB connection, is this the problem?  (I also have a Serial cable for it and might be able to use an adapter to connect it to my ThinkCentre M93p, but would prefer to avoid this if this extra work would be in vain.)

Any ideas?
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: Neil Waldhauer on April 22, 2024, 05:09:53 am
The system installs COM ports at boot time while parsing the Config.Sys. The COM port number depends on the ordering of the statements in Config.Sys, and which of them claims a serial port. (Some might not be obvious)

I'm not sure how many COM ports OS/2 supports. Some say 99, some say 255.

In the time since I last posted, both ends of the POTS line have ended service. AT&T has applied for a permit to stop providing POTS to anyone.
Title: Re: PMfax
Post by: nyao on April 22, 2024, 05:02:25 pm
Hi.
A precautionary note from when I installed it a long time ago.
It is unknown whether it is related to imgfx6mn.dll.

"Please note that if you do not enter the registration key from Add.exe after installation (maybe the procedure is incorrect?), the program will not start and will only display a message recommending that you contact the company."
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA028575/faq.htm#32