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- From: tnixon@hayes.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Hayes Press Release re: Multi-Tech lawsuit
- Message-ID: <5836.2a7852ba@hayes.com>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 20:36:10 GMT
- Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
- Lines: 86
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- Since many of you have expressed an interest in the recent Hayes ad
- campaign, I thought you might be interested in this press release.
- Please note that due to the litigation involved, I am unable to
- comment on the matter; all requests for comments should be directed
- to the Hayes Corporate Communications department.
-
- -- Toby
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- H-1792+++AT
-
-
- MULTI-TECH FIGHTS HAYES ESCAPE SEQUENCE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
-
- Atlanta, GA, 30 July 1992 -- Hayes announced today that after the
- close of business on 29 July 1992, it received an order from a court in
- Minneapolis in response to claims by Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. that Hayes
- recent education campaign about modem escape sequences and the related
- Test Kit are causing Multi-Tech to lose sales.
-
- According to the court's order, Multi-Tech claims "that if a
- computer user's modem is set to recognize the [TIES] escape sequence,
- Hayes' data file [contained in the Test Kit] will cause the modem to
- escape into command mode, the transmission of the data file will stop and
- the computer user will think that the modem is fatally flawed." The data
- file contained in the Test Kit offered as part of the Hayes education
- campaign is nothing more than ASCII characters which may occur in users'
- data. Any dependable escape sequence should ensure that the simple
- transmission of data will not cause the modem to abort a file transfer.
-
- "I believe that TIES is not only a serious step backward for the
- industry, but also threatens the reliable transmission of data for
- business, government and other critical applications," said Hayes
- President Dennis C. Hayes. "We were surprised to learn that Multi-Tech
- had abandoned the proven, reliable escape sequence technology used in all
- Hayes modems since 1981 and has now incorporated the TIES escape sequence
- into its modems."
-
- The court refused to stop Hayes advertisements which are a part
- of the education campaign. Those advertisements will continue to run
- through August, but the court, upon Multi-Tech's demand, did issue a
- ten-day order stopping distribution of the Test Kit. To protect Hayes,
- the court required Multi-Tech to post a bond to obtain the order
- temporarily halting distribution of the Test Kits. The court refused to
- grant Multi-Tech's request to extend the ten-day time period. Hayes has
- complied with the court order, and as a result of Multi-Tech's efforts,
- Hayes is unable to make the Test Kit data file offered in its education
- campaign available to the public at this time.
-
- "We are happy that so many people have given us a very positive
- response to our attempts to inform the public about this problem. We hope
- to be able to continue this education campaign so that consumers can make
- an informed choice when purchasing modems," continued Hayes.
-
- Best known as the leader in microcomputer modems, Hayes develops,
- supplies and supports computer communications equipment and software for
- personal computer and computer communications networks. The company
- distributes its products in over 60 countries through a global network of
- authorized distributors, dealers, VARs, systems integrators and original
- equipment manufacturers.
-
- # # #
-
- For further editorial information, please contact:
-
- Beth Logan/Peggy Ballard
- Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.
- 404/840-9200
- 404/441-1238 (fax)
-
- For additional product information, customers should contact Hayes
- Customer Service:
-
- Telephone Online with Hayes BBS
- 404/441-1617 (U.S.) 800/US HAYES (U.S. and Canada)
- 519/746-5000 (Canada) 404/HI MODEM (U.S. and Canada)
- 081-848-1858 (U.K.) 404/729-6525 (U.S. - Atlanta ISDN Users)
- 852-887-1037 (H.K.) 081-569-1774 (U.K.)
- 852-887-7590 (H.K.)
-
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