HAYES SHIPS OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

ACCURA/Smartcom Bundle Delivers Powerful Voicemail, Fax Management and Data
Communications Solution for Small Office/Home Office

Atlanta, GA, 29 March 1996 -- Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. today
announced the immediate availability of Hayes Office Communications
Manager, a Hayes ACCURA 288 Internal Fax Modem with Voice bundled with a
full retail version of Hayes Smartcom Message Center voice/data/fax
communications software at a value suggested street price of US$199.

Hayes Office Communications Manager enables small office/home office users
to set up a full voicemail and fax system in minutes. Users can easily
establish and manage an office voicemail system using Smartcom Message
Center's Visual Scripting. Visual objects representing all the major
voicemail and fax functions are provided so that any user can map out a
voicemail system by selecting and organizing these objects.

Users can get more out of their voice/data/fax modems using Smartcom
Message Center features such as support for voice record and playback,
messaging, fax-on-demand, fax broadcast, and paging functions.
Communications can be completely customized using Smartcom Message Center.
The program has a wide range of applications and automated features for
home, mobile and corporate branch office users such as call management,
voice mail, visual scripting, caller I.D., and paging. Smartcom Message
Center is also great for sending and retrieving e-mail or data files,
broadcasting faxes to multiple locations, and establishing and managing an
office voice mail system.

In addition to a full retail version of Smartcom Message Center
communications software, Office Communications Manager includes full
versions of Quarterdeck's InternetSuite 2 and WebTalk, CYBERsitter, a free
LabTec microphone, and Hayes Bonus Bundle which includes online software
and free temporary access from major online services.

"With Hayes Office Communications Manager, you're getting $200 of software
in the box. That's like getting the modem for free," said Dennis C. Hayes,
CEO, Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. "The winning combination of a
high-speed Hayes modem with the full version of Smartcom Message Center in
one box offers any business or home a low-cost voicemail and fax
management solution that rivals the high-cost, dedicated systems in use in
large corporations."

InternetSuite 2 is a complete suite of utilities for navigating the
Internet through a simple point-and-click interface. It comes with
Quarterdeck Mosaic for browsing the Web, Quarterdeck Message Center, a
news and mail reader, QFTP for file transfers, QTERM for remote login, and
Global Chat, an Internet Relay chat client multi-user text chat. It also
delivers advanced multi-media access to the Internet with built- in Adobe
Acrobat, Real Audio and QuickTime Movie utilities. WebTalk is a full
duplex, real-time voice chat utility, allowing two Internet users to talk
to each other over the Internet and save on long distance telephone
charges.

The ACCURA 288 Fax Modem with Voice is an internal plug-n-play modem
featuring full voice functionality, including full duplex speaker phone,
VoiceView, digital voice messaging, and automatic paging.

Product Feature   Benefit
---------------   ---------------------------------------------
Full Duplex       Superior, low-cost hands-free speakerphone
Speakerphone      operation.

VoiceView         Allows easy switching between data and voice
                  during the same call.

Digital Voice     High-quality voice mail system for a
Mail              professional business image.

Remote Message    Provides quick response to callers with 24-
Management        hour remote access to messages.

Automatic Paging  Provides priority response to special callers
                  even when you're on the road by reserving
                  special mailboxes that automatically send a
                  page to the user for urgent response.

Distinctive Ring  Directs calls to voice, fax or data modem.

Data/Fax/Voice    Modem automatically and transparently
Discrimination    recognizes and handles data, fax and voice on
                  one phone line.

Caller I.D.       Provides in-bound caller identification
                  without a costly display phone.

Mailbox Security  Provides security to mailbox message content.

FAX               A full range of fax-on-demand, fax back, fax
                  broadcasting and fax scheduling capabilities.

Microphone        Gain true speakerphone functionality with the
Input/Speaker     included microphone or use quality sound card
Output            speakers for optimum fidelity sound in message
                  retrieval.

Mailbox Password  Mailboxes can be optionally set up to provide
Security          security for private messages.

Caller            Allows callers to switch to the mailbox of
Interaction with  choice for message routing using a touchtone
DTMF              phone for flexible management of messages.

Plug-n-Play       Simplifies internal modem installation and
                  configuration of Windows 95 operating system.
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Also included in the Total Gaming Solution is CYBERsitter, a Microsoft
Windows program that will give the user the capability to block access to
common types of graphics files, as well as specific files and programs.
CYBERsitter is great for parents who have children who have access to and
regularly use the home computer.

Shop, travel and bank in a whole new way with VoiceView TalkShop, an
exciting application from Radish Communications Systems that's included in
Office Communications Manager. VoiceView TalkShop lets users connect
directly to companies including American Airlines, Blockbuster Music,
Delta Air Lines, Virtual Wall Street, Wells Fargo Bank and 1-800- Flowers.
Users can pick up the phone and talk directly to a customer service
representative while they send and receive information and graphic images
over a single, secure phone line -- or, send files and play games with
other VoiceView TalkShop users.

Best known as the inventor of the PC modem, Hayes is recognized around the
globe as a leader in technical innovations, computer communications
standards, functional and feature-rich products, and superior support and
service.  Founded in 1977, Hayes develops, manufactures, and markets
value-based computer communications solutions for software, business,
network, and consumer market segments. The company maintains an extensive
global network of authorized distributors, dealers, mass merchants, VARs,
system integrators and original equipment manufacturers. Hayes customers
include Fortune 1000 corporations, mid-size companies and corporate branch
offices, small and home office businesses, on-line and telecommunications
network providers, and millions of individual PC users around the globe.

FOR QUESTIONS REQUIRING CUSTOMER SUPPORT ASSISTANCE CONTACT:

Hayes Customer Support
Phone: 770/441-1617
Hayes World Wide Web Site: http://www.hayes.com
Hayes Online BBS: 770/446-6336
telnet://bbs.hayes.com
Internet email: support@os.hayes.com

FOR MEDIA RELATED INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Angela Hooper
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.
Phone:  770/840-9200 ext. 6030
Facsimile: 770/441-1213
Internet Address: ahooper@hayes.com
 
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