Novation CAT
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Novation, Inc., is an early modem manufacturer whose CAT series were popular in the early home computer market in the late 1970s and early 1980s, notably on the Apple II. The Hayes Smartmodem 300, int
The original Novation CAT
The Apple-CAT II modem, along with Com-Ware II software and Advanced Programming Information manual.
The Apple-CAT II 'Expansion Pack'
Hayes Microcomputer Products
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Hayes Microcomputer Products was a US-based manufacturer of modems. The company is known for the Smartmodem, which introduced a control language for operating the functions of the modem via the serial
Novation CAT
…early modem manufacturer whose CAT series were popular in the early home computer market in the late 1970s and early 1980s, notably on the Apple II. The Hayes Smartmodem 300, introduced in 1981, helped kill off Novation and many other early modem companies over the next few years. Novation's first CAT was an external 300…
Dale Heatherington with the prototype 80-103A
Micromodem II installed in an Apple II. The external "microcoupler" with the phone jacks and analog hardware were connected via the ribbon cable.
The original model 300 baud Smartmodem (1981)
Essential interoperability provided via DB-25, RJ-11 and power jacks. Later modems dropped the manual volume control and introduced a second RJ-11 for pass-through of the telephone line.