i read that the hauppauge company has its headquarters in a city of the same name, hence they took it. 

 there should be an article about hauppauge city in wikipedia. 

 oh, and it would be nice if someone added how to pronunce hauppauge (i read it is pronunced HAW-pack). 

 maybe someone can at this too (in IPA transcription would be great to for foreign wikireaders). 

 bye,