The Abaton Inc subsidiary of Everex Systems Inc, Fremont, California, is now shipping the Interfax 24/96, a $600 facsimile machine and data modem for use with the Apple Macintosh: the thing combines a 2,400bps data modem with MNP Class 5 data compression and error correction, and a 9600bps Group III facsimile modem; custom directories can be created for up to 800 fax numbers on the Mac, and facsimile images are converted to or from TIFF, PICT, or MacPaint’s PNTG formats.