[Duo2400] Re: rotary phones

David N. Gass dgass at swbell.net
Wed Jun 25 20:49:46 PDT 2003


>> I didn't know there were still any phone exchanges that still supported
the
>> old pulse dialing equipment.

They almost all still support it. You still have to pay extra for tone
dialing in some places

   David
   dgass at swbell.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst at comcast.net>
To: "Duo/2400 List" <DuoList at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: [Duo2400] Re: rotary phones


> on 06/25/03 1:17 PM, mko at nt.net at mko at nt.net wrote:
>
> >> Dialing should most likely be "tone" unless your
> >> phones have a big round dial thingy on the front with several finger
> >> sized holes arranged in a circle ;-).
> >
> > Hey, no joke! I have one at home, and one at the shop.
> > I had a young client (20's) in the shop last year who asked
> > to use the phone, and when I pointed it out to him, said:
> > "What the hell is that?"
>
> I didn't know there were still any phone exchanges that still supported
the
> old pulse dialing equipment.
>
> BTW, you could've really given the poor guy a case of culture shock and
told
> him it was a party line!!
>
> - Eric.
> --
>
> Eric Strobel (fyzycyst at NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
>
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