I have enough people hanging around now that gave me grief about the quality of the photos on this post. Point taken! New images! Yes, the phone is a Frankenphone. Best I could do, but it works admirably in the garage!
Used to be that you could not swing a dead cat in the US without hitting one of these:
An article from CNN
details the demise of this portion of the POTS. And to be true, if you want to run one of these you need a couple of things. First the owners manual:
Then the magic occurs here:
This little thing did stuff like off-hook detect, ring the bell, give you a dial tone, coin detect and other miscellaneous stuff.
Phone booth optional!
Happy Easter everyone!
Off topic, but a very happy Eater to you, wherever your travels take you.
ReplyDelete@B,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
Oh God... another phone guy :-) You and Crucis need to get together ;-) I played in that world a bit too...
ReplyDelete@Oold,
ReplyDeleteDon't worry! I gave the phones up about 20 some years ago! I hated working on them, it was a bitch when the change fell out =). Telephony is cool, but linelands are dying.
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