Smartmodem
date: label: Date made
content: 1981
name: label: maker
content: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc
notes: label: Description
content: In 1981, the firm of Hayes introduced its Smartmodem, a device for linking computer systems and telephone lines, with the phone attached through a RS-232 port. The status of the device was indicated by a series of lights across the front - it might be set to auto answer (AA), carrier detect (CD), off hook (OH), receive data (RD), send data (SD), terminal ready (TR) and modem redy (MR). The case was designed so that it could stack easily with other Hayes products - hence the modem also was known as a stackmodem. The ports are at the back. A tag on the base gives a serial number of 001094985.
label: Description
content: According to a 1982 advertisement, the machine could be used to communicate with other computers and time-sharing systems across the United States and could be controlled using any programming language.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Personal Computing</I>, February, 1982.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jon Eklund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0132.09
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0132.09
label: accession number
content: 2006.0132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Modem
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 13.97 cm x 24.765 cm