Jon, I bought a SAMS book from Radio Shack (Tandy - to those oversees) about a dozen years ago that explained simple telephones, and a little more. "Tip & Ring" comes from the old plugs the operators had to use to manually connect calls, the was a Tip, an insulator/ gap, and a Ring, followed by another insulator. At least that's the explaination I was given when I started in this business 15 years ago. TREG would be a better forum for this question. I hope this helps.
Best regards, Stephen C. Phillips All opinions are my own. At 11:34 AM 7/22/97 MST, you wrote: > > I'm not quite on the correct list for this but - > > Do any of you know of a good book that details how the phone systems > work (what's a ring, what a tip, etc). > > Also a book that covers what regulations are involved to gizmos that > connect to the phone lines in a home. > > Basically, if I could learn how to design a telephone I'd know what I > need for an upcomming project. > > Thanks, > > Jon Bertrand > [email protected]
