phone systems, old and less-old

[Nigel Johnson]

Alleluia! A kindred soul!  I have spent the latter half of my life 
trying to tell people that the Centronics Data Computer Co of Hudson NJ 
NEVER used a 50-pin connector!  The Amp 57-10360 would have been a 
57-10500 if they had :-)

cheers,

Nigel


On 18/09/2019 21:27, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2019, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
>> Oh, my Gosh!  the first 3 pics are of a KTU phone system.  If you are 
>> OLD enough, remember the phones with 5 line select buttons and a red 
>> hold button below the rotary dial?  That is what that unit supports, 
>> the 565 phone.
>
> Please don't let anybody call the 25 pair 50-pin miniature ribbon 
> connector (RJ21),  "Centronics"!

  

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