16 Jul
1998
16 Jul
'98
9:31 a.m.
Believe it or not there are still many people out
there with old
(ancient) rotary dial telephones.
Hey, I still have one, in my computer room (ex-spare bedroom) at home.
It's not so ancient, anyway, it's worked for the last 30 years, probably
good for another 30. The bell is disconnected so it doesn't ring, an
excellent feature.
Jack Peacock
17 Jul
17 Jul
2:52 a.m.
Jack Peacock wrote:
I had a box of working analof rotaries, including two black Bell payphones
that were all working. Dug it out one day and sold all of them to an antique
dealer (except a princess and a wall phone) for $20 each - she's resold them
already at over $50 each, basically because they actually worked and were in
good looking condition too. The princess is in our bedroom and the wall
phone is for our machine shed/shop on the farm here.
I did have an "explosion proof" one in the box too, had a heavy receiver
and cast aluminm case and sealed wiring everywhere, but that one went at the
flea market for $50 as it was. It was bought for a paint shop installation.
Well enough off topic nostalgia on real telephones, have to answer this
moronic electronic tweet here from the new phone.
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Believe it or
not there are still many people out there with old
(ancient) rotary dial
telephones.
Hey, I still have one, in my computer room (ex-spare bedroom) at home.
It's not so ancient, anyway, it's worked for the last 30 years, probably
good for another 30. The bell is disconnected so it doesn't ring, an
excellent feature.
Jack Peacock 
19 Jul
19 Jul
6:41 p.m.
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
Uhhh... I still use a rotary dial telephone, with extremely loud clanger.
Not in my room, but the household's main phone is one 'o those. It's the
only 'public' one in the house, all the other ones sit in someone's
bedroom.
I still like that phone, but the ring really gives me a jolt sometimes.
And yes, I am under 30, but my parents most definitely aren't. :)
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Believe it or
not there are still many people out there with old
(ancient) rotary dial
telephones.
Hey, I still have one, in my computer room (ex-spare bedroom) at home.
It's not so ancient, anyway, it's worked for the last 30 years, probably
good for another 30. The bell is disconnected so it doesn't ring, an
excellent feature.
Jack Peacock
20 Jul
20 Jul
12:57 p.m.
Doug Spence wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
> > Believe it or not there are still many people out there with old
> (ancient) rotary dial telephones.
>
> Hey, I still have one, in my computer room (ex-spare bedroom) at home.
> It's not so ancient, anyway, it's worked for the last 30 years, probably
> good for another 30. The bell is disconnected so it doesn't ring, an
> excellent feature.
Uhhh... I still use a rotary dial telephone, with
extremely loud clanger.
Not in my room, but the household's main phone is one 'o those. It's the
only 'public' one in the house, all the other ones sit in someone's
bedroom.
I still like that phone, but the ring really gives me a jolt sometimes.
And yes, I am under 30, but my parents most definitely aren't. :)
One thing that can be said for those ancient Western Electric clunkers
is that they can't be killed, they can only be landfilled at a
crossroad with a stake through the bell. Rumour has it that that after
World War III the cockroaches will be able to use them to call Elvis.
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Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
27 Jul
27 Jul
4:16 p.m.
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
^^^^^^^
Mine's a Northern Electric clunker. :)
Is there a Classic Telephony list? This thing seems to have been
constructed in the 50s.
ObClassicCmp: So what the heck IS that 50-pin connector on the back of the
Hyperion?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Uhhh... I
still use a rotary dial telephone, with extremely loud clanger.
Not in my room, but the household's main phone is one 'o those. It's the
only 'public' one in the house, all the other ones sit in someone's
bedroom.
One thing that can be said for those ancient Western Electric clunkers
28 Jul
28 Jul
1:33 p.m.
Doug Spence wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
^^^^^^^
Mine's a Northern Electric clunker. :)
I guess Northern Electric might could have been the marketing arm in
the GWN for WE kit -- Western Electric was the major manufacturing
division of AT&T back in the bad old monopoly days -- though people
moved back and forth between WE and Teletype and Ma Bell with little
difficulty, just pick up the folder at Personnel and go. Bell Labs
invented things, Western Electric or Teletype built them, AT&T
corporate sold the stock and the services.
Uhhh... I
still use a rotary dial telephone, with extremely loud clanger.
Not in my room, but the household's main phone is one 'o those. It's the
only 'public' one in the house, all the other ones sit in someone's
bedroom.
One thing that can be said for those ancient Western Electric clunkers
Is there a Classic Telephony list? This thing seems to have been
constructed in the 50s.
Haven't seen it, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised. Hell, my wife
has joined no less than four lists dedicated to "Beanie Babies". If
you think _this_ list gets traffic ... the world is hooked on
cuteness and I didn't have to die to go to hell.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
10:23 p.m.
Doug Spence wrote:
I believe Northern Electric was the Bell Canada Western Electric and
the Canadian Bell Labs (just like you said). I think it became Nortel...
Bill
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
^^^^^^^
Mine's a Northern Electric clunker. :)
I guess Northern Electric might could have been the marketing arm in
the GWN for WE kit -- Western Electric was the major manufacturing
division of AT&T back in the bad old monopoly days -- though people
moved back and forth between WE and Teletype and Ma Bell with little
difficulty, just pick up the folder at Personnel and go. Bell Labs
invented things, Western Electric or Teletype built them, AT&T
corporate sold the stock and the services.
> Uhhh... I
still use a rotary dial telephone, with extremely loud clanger.
Not in my room, but the household's main phone is one 'o those. It's the
only 'public' one in the house, all the other ones sit in someone's
bedroom.
One thing that can be said for those ancient Western Electric clunkers 
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