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From: todd@uhccux.UUCP (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Look and feel
Message-ID: <1715@uhccux.UUCP>
Date: 1 Apr 88 08:29:26 GMT
References: <252@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU>
Reply-To: todd@uhccux.UUCP (Todd Ogasawara)
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Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu)
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Keywords: Hayes modems and "clones"

In article <252@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU> kevin@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (Kevin Tubbs) writes:
>With all this talk about the look and feel of software, I was wondering
>why Hayes never sued (as far as I know) over the many openly "Hayes-
>compatible" modems on the market.  How does the command set of a modem
>differ from the "command set" of any other program, such as windowing
>software?


Such a suit did occur.  It turns out that Hayes didn't create the
"standard" modem command set; Bizcomp did.  In fact, I was extremely amused
today after looking at the HP 2400 baud internal modem board for their HP
Vectra lap portable.  There were three chips on it clearly marked "Hayes"
and a label on the other side declaring the board "licensed from Bizcomp."

-- 
Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Faculty Development Program
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