Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3268 comp.misc:12756 comp.dcom.modems:10079 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.misc,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: hayes lawsuit Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 18:43:29 GMT References: <4913@orbit.cts.com> <9BDBC58@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991May17.222410.26944@MDI.COM> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: gnu Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14 In article drw@paley.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) writes: > Hayes figured out a workable way to drive a modem and autodialer that > worked even if you had the most minimal hardware and operating system > support. And as a result, Hayes-compatible modems have taken over the > auto-dialing niche of computer hardware. I don't think that "+++" was responsible for that. I think that it's because they were about the first hobbyist priced modem to provide dialling at all, other than things like Woz's Apple-II thingy. There were other modems that provided command interfaces through the serial port (Ventel, etc), but they were all commercially priced and out of reach of hobbyists. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"