RE: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
I have two old rotary phones, one is an old fashioned wooden wall mount that was built in the 60s. Richard <http://www.n7tgb.net/> www.n7tgb.net "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --Samuel Adams _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:00 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different Ah yes... haven't tapped out a number in years. Used to run in to phones with no dials once in a while. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: mailto:no6b%40no6b.com> > To: mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different Wondering if the box supported pulse service & > not owning a rotary phone (I'm not an antique collector), I picked up my > touchtone phone & hand-pulsed the hook to dial my wife's cell phone. It > worked. > > Bob NO6B
Re: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
Ah yes... haven't tapped out a number in years. Used to run in to phones with no dials once in a while. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different Wondering if the box supported pulse service & > not owning a rotary phone (I'm not an antique collector), I picked up my > touchtone phone & hand-pulsed the hook to dial my wife's cell phone. It > worked. > > Bob NO6B
Re: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
At 1/6/2010 10:56, you wrote: >On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Jeff DePolo wrote: > > > Enough reminiscing, I probably sound like one of those OF's on 80m that > > talks about their gout, their pension, and what orifice they're having > > scoped this week, back to real work. > >This comedian pretty well covers it... and his rotary dial phone comments >near the beginning are hilarious... > >"You hated people with zeros in their phone numbers." > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOtEQB-9tvk I recently had FiOS service installed, which means my wired phones plug into an ONT installed here. Wondering if the box supported pulse service & not owning a rotary phone (I'm not an antique collector), I picked up my touchtone phone & hand-pulsed the hook to dial my wife's cell phone. It worked. Bob NO6B
Re: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
On Jan 6, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Jeff DePolo wrote: > Enough reminiscing, I probably sound like one of those OF's on 80m that > talks about their gout, their pension, and what orifice they're having > scoped this week, back to real work. This comedian pretty well covers it... and his rotary dial phone comments near the beginning are hilarious... "You hated people with zeros in their phone numbers." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOtEQB-9tvk TRS-80 Color Computer Model 1 for me... 16K RAM, cassette tape for storage. :-) -- Nate Duehr, WY0X n...@natetech.com http://facebook.com/denverpilot http://twitter.com/denverpilot
RE: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
> No "tone" service where I was. Ha! Whistle up 2600 on an 800 call and the world was your oyster... > I first box I actually owned outright is a timex Sinclair > 1000 with the 16k > ram pak sitting out in the shed/shack Mine was a Trash-80 Model I. I cut my teeth on a VAX-11/750 at a local college before getting the TRS-80. Around the same time I tinkered with a friend's IMSAI 8080. I had one of the Timex-Sinclair's that I got via a discount coupon that came with a case of Maxell betamax video cassettes. Those were the days. My Apple ][ ran a 1 MHz 6502, had 64K of RAM, and I had the unheard-of luxury (for back then) of having a 5 MB hard drive. In contrast, over Christmas I built myself a new workstation based on an overlocked quad-core i7 processor, 6 GB of RAM, 3 TB of storage, etc. and I spent less on it as compared to my Apple ][ rig. My how far we've come... Enough reminiscing, I probably sound like one of those OF's on 80m that talks about their gout, their pension, and what orifice they're having scoped this week, back to real work. --- Jeff WN3A
RE: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
No "tone" service where I was. :( I first box I actually owned outright is a timex Sinclair 1000 with the 16k ram pak sitting out in the shed/shack Chris Kb0wlf > -Original Message- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff DePolo > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:56 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different > > > > Nothing gave me more pleasure than spending my long distance > > charges on > > sending fidmail packets from my BBS to the hub in st. Louis > > that were LADEN > > with snide remarks straying further and further off topic. > > You actually *paid* for long distance modem calls back then ??!?? :-) > :-) > :-) > > (I ran an Apple ][ BBS running GBBS for about 8 years back in the > day...) > > --- Jeff > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.127/2603 - Release Date: > 01/06/10 07:35:00
RE: [Repeater-Builder] something altogether different
> Nothing gave me more pleasure than spending my long distance > charges on > sending fidmail packets from my BBS to the hub in st. Louis > that were LADEN > with snide remarks straying further and further off topic. You actually *paid* for long distance modem calls back then ??!?? :-) :-) :-) (I ran an Apple ][ BBS running GBBS for about 8 years back in the day...) --- Jeff
