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The Sportster
The Sportster was one of the hottest-selling products in the 1990s as people went online in record numbers. External units have the advantage of status lights, which help troubleshoot connections. Internal modems have since become the norm. (Image courtesy of 3Com Corporation.)
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A Rack of Hayes Modems
Hayes was the pioneer in personal computer modems and set the standard for control commands. Hayes produced a full line of modems from singles to rack-mounted units such as this model with 16 modem cards. Allowing card replacement with power on, rack-mounted modems like these are found by the thousands at large ISPs. (Image courtesy of Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.)
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