On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:06:06 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2016-08-03, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The first nokia I used never crashed but could still run out of battery
>> And the round-dial landlines of 30 years ago had not even that problem
>
> Yes, technically, it did. Except the batteries were kept elsewhere,
> and the telco went to a lot of trouble to make sure they never went
> dead.
but the equipment at the exchange could miss a pulse & connect you to an
incorrect number - equivalent of a bug?
before that, you had to ask the nice young lady at the local exchange to
physically patch you in to the correct circuit (& she could make an error
as well)
the "original" phones had no such problem as they ware simply a direct
point to point connection (Bells first call is documented "come here
Watson I need you" although no-one* remembers what Elisha Grey said or to
whom).
*ok I suppose someone might but it is not common knowledge (& I bet we
still get some pedant disputing this ;-) )
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