18 Jun
2011
18 Jun
'11
6:54 a.m.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
I was not aware that emergency phones in lifts in the UK were attached
to the PSTN in a way you could gain control of the line. My
understanding (which could be inaccurate, I admit) is that in the
States, either the phone rings an internal maintenance number (for
buildings that are staffed 24/7, and that may be an obsolete practice
by now anyway) or it autodials to some off-site service that may
eventually result in someone being sent to the site. You don't now
nor ever did have a way of getting a dial tone.
The closest to this that I'm aware of in my neck of the woods was an
acquaintance of mine who loaded the family Apple II into the station
wagon and parked by the garden center of the nearby K-Mart. It had a
payphone next to an accessible power outlet. I don't recall hearing
any tales of split-second getaways, but the arrangement did afford a
quick exit.
-ethan
> I have
*many* fond memories associated with sitting on the floor of a lift
> (elevator), with the phone, my 300 baud acoustic coupler, and my Model
> 100....... ?And - just playing with systems.
On Fri, 17 Jun 2011, Tony Duell wrote:
I am wondering why you used a phone in a lift for
this.
The [emergency] phone installed in an elevator (lift) has no coin slot?