Button, Advertising, Hayes Microcomputer Products
date: label: date made
content: c 1990
notes: label: Description
content: This circular button has a bright blue background with white text that reads: 'I Have "ESP".' Beneath the text in white is the Hayes company logo. A mark in black ink on the reverse reads: "Comdex 6/90."
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content: The Hayes modem was the first one created for personal computers. Dale Heatherington and Dennis C. Hayes designed their modem board in 1977 and assembled it on Hayes' dining room table. The partners formed D.C. Hayes Associates in 1978 and renamed it in 1980 as Hayes Microcomputer Products. During the 1980s and 1990s the Hayes modem was a top-of-the-line modem with a reputation for high compatibility and reliability. The phrase "ESP" on the button stands for "Enhanced Serial Port."
label: Description
content: In 1999 the company exited bankruptcy, liquidated assets, and sold the brand name to Zoom Technologies.
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content: References:
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content: [Last accessed 2019-07-18]
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content: "InfoWorld," October 23, 1989, p81. [Product review of the Hayes V-Series Smartmodem 2400.]
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content: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2869386/modems--60-years-of-hooking-up.html#slide5
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content: https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/modem.html
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content: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/07/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-modem-king.html
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content: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-07-fi-61071-story.html
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content: http://www.s100computers.com/Hardware%20Folder/DC%20Hayes/History/History.htm
label: Description
content: http://www.hayesmicro.com
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Advertising
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: David DeJean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.3071.625
label: catalog number
content: 2009.3071.625
label: nonaccession number
content: 2009.3071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, advertising
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 2 5/16 in; x .508 cm x 5.842 cm