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In article <3t0rr7$dus@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>,
Mike Mitten <gnome@pd.org> wrote:
>In article <3sv7s4$rc8@felix.cc.gatech.edu>,
>Joe Wetzel <jwetzel@cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>>No... it's really a hackers group, named 2600 because that's the
>>frequency of the tone which could get you a free phone call years
>>ago.
>I thought it was/is the frequency of the dial tone.

No, a dial tone is 440Hz and 349Hz.  440Hz is the A below middle C in
the normal Western musical system.  If you have a pretty good ear, you
can tune a guitar or even a whole piano just by picking up the
telephone (a good piano tuner doesn't need an electronic tuner - he just
needs a couple of tuning forks).

2600Hz was the frequency a pay phone emitted when you put a dime in.  If
you could make that frequency, the system thought you had put money in.
The greatest cereal box toy ever made was the Captain Crunch whistle - a
perfect 2600Hz!
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