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kurtsh.bsky.social
For those that don't remember, here's our logos from 1984. I was a high school IBM PC/DOS jockey proudly rockin' a Hayes Smartmodem 1200 that I bought with lawnmowing revenue & saving my allowance. #genx #ibmpc #hayes
April 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
gayleatherbiker.bsky.social
Back then, it was just called 'Hayes Smartmodem'. I saved and saved for it... it cost me just over $300 in 1979, which in today's money (adjusted for inflation) is equal to $1,359 in 2024. A lot of money for a 12-year-old to raise, but I did!

I was phreaking Rochester Tel and the X.25 networks.
January 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
tindie.com
Back in Stock! WiFi Retromodem for Hayes Smartmodem by Tattler Solutions
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April 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
jeffcrowe.com
I'm going to dig my old TRS-80 and Smartmodem out of the attic, connect it to a POTS line, and resurrect my BBS. (Please don't attempt to connect before 11:00 PM. My parents might answer the phone and I'll be in big trouble.)
January 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
unixorn.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
@raganwald @sre @infosec @secops #smartmodem #hayes

I didn't use an acoustic coupler like that but the lab I worked in one summer had a couple in the storage room.

I still have this from my first modem, which considering my #AuDHD is amazing.
Closeup of a hand holding a small pencil-sized screwdriver with a flathead on one side, and a phillips head on the other, labeled with "Hayes" and the Hayes Microsystems logo
April 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
fcsylveon.bsky.social
I still have my Atari 800 with 48K RAM. Not pictured: Assembler Editor & BASIC cartridges, 410 Program Recorder, 1050 Disk Drive, Indus GT Drive, and all the cables/boxen. Alas, my collection of disks has since disappeared into the ether, and I sold my Hayes SmartModem. Let’s hear it for emulators!
An Atari 800 Home Computer that was gifted to be by my great aunt in 1979. A rotary phone sticker with my phone number (at the time) can be seen atop the right-hand side of the cartridge door.
December 22, 2024 at 6:48 PM
365tipu.cz
WiFi Retromodem V3. Pamatujete? Hayes Smartmodem?
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tempestfpga.com
February 23, 2024 at 10:18 AM
jacktramiel.bsky.social
Hayes 1200 Smartmodem Ad, BYTE Magazine, Volume 7, Number 9, September 1982
December 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM
bpanderson.bsky.social
Hayes Smartmodem zel
October 19, 2024 at 9:37 PM
chuckedahl.bsky.social
Hayes Smartmodem AI chatbot
chemtrail.club Dustin ⛆✈︎ @chemtrail.club · Apr 9
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April 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
securitycatnip.bsky.social
I was ATDP for several months in 1989. I finally convinced my parents to upgrade to touch-tone (15 cents extra per month!) as my Smartmodem 1200 often would failed to complete the pulse dial properly.
March 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
thevintnerd.bsky.social
NEW VID: Finding the Mac Disk needed for the Hayes InterBridge (AppleTalk Bridge)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU13...

#HayesInterBridge #AppleTalk #Hayes #InterBridge #Smartmodem #Transet1000 #HayesChronograph #HayesStack #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #WallOfRetro #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd
AppleTalk in a "Hayes Stack"? And, a Missing Disk! 💾
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October 19, 2024 at 11:49 PM
hilarybaumann.com
Raises hand: My mother also worked for IBM and became a math teacher before I was born but then started programming AS400’s for an inventory/ordering system.

There was a computer at the house connected to the office via a 300 baud modem in the 80’s for me. Oh look, found a memory on Wikipedia…
300-baud Hayes Smartmodem
August 11, 2023 at 4:59 AM
debbieohi.com
Ha! I still remember picking up a Hayes 300baud Smartmodem with @poslfit.bsky.social & the THRILL of seeing his text appear on our TRS-80 computer screen the first time we established a connection.
October 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM
sifu.tweety.fish
a pictures of a Hayes Smartmodem 1200
August 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
turquana.bsky.social
There's currently no Haze Smartmodem! XD
March 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
jnork.bsky.social
It's cool, but will it fit into an original Hayes Smartmodem? (Later dubbed the Smartmodem 300, but mine predates the name change.)
Replacement PCB Replicates Early 80s Modem
It’s certainly been a few decades, but plenty of us remember a time before widespread access to broadband internet, when connections were generally made over phone lines using acoustic modems…
hackaday.com
February 23, 2024 at 4:02 PM
davesdogmaggie.bsky.social
Deal!
HAYES Smartmodem logo with modem lights below
March 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
n4n0.ch
WiFi RETROMODEM V3

A WiFi replacement for your external Hayes Smartmodem

tempestfpga.com

youtu.be/De5ufcDueRU
October 13, 2023 at 10:21 AM
thevintnerd.bsky.social
NEW VID: 40 Year Old Hayes Smartmodem gets a WiFi Update :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMKI...

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📞 BBS Calling on a WiFi-ized Hayes Smartmodem
Consider Supporting The VintNerd on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheVintNerd Feel free to share this video's link in forums, on the socials, etc. It helps the channel greatly! :) In this episode I upgrade an old Hayes Smartmodem 1200 case with a new WiFi Retromodem board. Slip out the old Hayes board, and slip in the new WiFi Retromodem board... Done! :) Sites Mentioned: WiFi Retromodem: https://tempestfpga.com WiModem232 (Pro): https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=113 NiteLite BBS: nitelite.ddns.net:9000 Items Used/Shown/Mentioned: - Kaisiking S-330 Large Repair Mat - KooMall Ground Kit - Anti-Allergic ESD Wrist Strap - Dell 2007FPb 20" LCD Monitor - VCF SoCal Screwdriver 😁 YouTube - https://youtube.com/thevintnerd Facebook - https://facebook.com/thevintnerd Instagram - https://instagram.com/thevintnerd Threads - https://threads.net/@thevintnerd Mastodon - https://mastodon.online/@TheVintNerd Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/thevintnerd.bsky.social Twitter - https://twitter.com/thevintnerd eBay - https://ebay.com/usr/thevintnerd Patreon - https://patreon.com/thevintnerd Website - http://thevintnerd.com #Hayes #Smartmodem #WiFiRetroModem #WiFiModem #Atari #Atari16Bit #AtariST #AtariFalcon #QMI #STTalk #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd
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August 11, 2024 at 3:39 PM
mintcaketime.bsky.social
for real if you never had to remember what all the dip switches on a 1200 baud hayes smartmodem did you are contractually obligated to respect my posts. i am the mf old testament
ihavethatonvinyl.com bring on the dancing turkeys @ihavethatonvinyl.com · Jul 9
i love when people tell me i'm too old to be shitposting on the internet. we old people are your forefathers when it comes to shitposting. the early internet users paved the way so you could years later get on social media and post scooby doo porn memes
July 9, 2023 at 12:32 AM
milesward.com
Verizon LTE in Seattle appears to be connected via a Hayes Smartmodem 9600.
November 18, 2024 at 3:41 AM
pluribus-unum.co
Now we all know why the modem screams.
An old skool Hayes Smartmodem.
March 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
queenoliviaiii.com
vintagecomputers:

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November 14, 2024 at 9:56 AM
coalshork.bsky.social
So sorry to the friend I wrote a whole wall text on the history of modems for
A discord message written by me: all Verizon 11:53 PM 0 0 40% vtsman > I hope one day to be an Ittle Bitt... So the modems most people think about, "fax" modems (the little beige boxes that run at 56kbps) are considered smart modems. They have computers in them and can fully control the phone network they're attached to. The first smart modem was from 1981 or so I wanna say, literally called the Hayes smartmodem. You could type commands to change bit rates and other settings. Before that, modems were considered "dumb." Most were 300 or 110 bps. You had to use a physical phone to dial the number you wanted to call, the modem had switches to tell if it's originating or answering (as long as two modems are set differently they'll talk.) and the most advanced feature of those types were that they held the line open, meaning you could put the phone back in the cradle without it hanging up the line. Even earlier were acoustic coupling modems, where you placed the phone handset on a pair of cups with a speaker and microphone, which the modem used to communicate with the phone line.
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM