I have seen them but never had my hands on a set...kind of wish I could have gotten the one left at the house for a couple of minutes YEARS ago. The tech returned within 30 minutes to get it back. Jon From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:48:51 +0000
2 telephone handsets, 4 alligator clips, couple feet of test lead to wire them up, a 9v battery and a pair of wires…or 1 wire and a common ground. Very handy for all sorts of things. I still have a very old pair in my garage. We used to call it a poor-mans-buttinski J If you guys were real phone nerds you know what I’m talking about Now this is the real deal… From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 4:22 PM To: NT Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) I remember can with strings to my upstairs neighbor (parents weren't to fond of NYtel bills) which I can only assume were per minute usage charges in the late 70's. then i came accross something like this, dont quite remember the manufacturer /brand but you can actually make a FREE call provided the wire reached http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=annie+telephones+&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=annie+telephones+&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=7CE75C740BB257EC9F057D37771074C25F610034&selectedIndex=118 it looked like a typical rotary phone but obviously couldn't dial number, only rang the other end Kind of like the "bat phone" Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:44:41 -0700 To: [email protected] Old people had phones. Back when I was a kid all we had was soup cans and string. And that meant if we wanted to talk to our friends we had to eat the soup!!!!! On Jul 29, 2014, at 3:34 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: WOW, my earliest memory was a "touch tone" telephone with 7 numbers- however, we did not require area codes back then 2751058 PG&E is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. To learn more, please visit http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/
