Computer equipment and apparatus; computer software; computer hardware; computer software enabling office equipment, such as facsimile machines, copy machines and telephone answering machines, to link to a computer and operate as computer peripheral devices such as scanners or printers; computer hardware enabling office equipment, such as facsimile machines, copy machines and telephone answering machines, to link to a computer and operate as computer peripheral devices such as scanners or printers; computer software enabling the reception and transmission of facsimiles by and from personal computers; computer hardware enabling the reception and transmission of facsimiles by and from personal computers; facsimile machines