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Article #1251Re: Internal Modem Problem - NO DIALTONE (analogue problem?)
From: Mike Tomlinson
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:00
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In article <879454395snz129.os2.7@nospam.demon.co.uk>, Richard Ashton
<{R}@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>Do you remember Button A & B call boxes ?
No...
>Black Bakerlite Phones with
>twisted fabic covered cords?
No... though I have seen several since
>The arival of the new modern plastic 706
>telephones ?
Yes, we had one at home (up to when I was about ten)
>the Trimphone warbler ?
Horrendous thing, with radioactive luminous dial...
>I assure you the bells were wired in series.
'were' being the operative word for the old hard-wired telephones. With
the advent of the BT socket system I can equally assure you that the
bells are wired in parallel.
--
Mike Tomlinson
On holiday in Madeira Beach, Florida. Avg temp 75degF
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c6a1,ff0d73fc84201cca X-Google-Attributes: gid10c6a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,ff0d73fc84201cca X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: 1131b0,ff0d73fc84201cca X-Google-Attributes: gid1131b0,public From: Mike Tomlinson <jasper@nospam.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Internal Modem Problem - NO DIALTONE (analogue problem?) Date: 1997/11/14 Message-ID: <XyzRwBCY$6a0Ew45@jasper.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 289544061 Distribution: world References: <876818758snz@longley.demon.co.uk> <fa+TqqBvNia0Ew7r@jasper.demon.co.uk> <879454395snz129.os2.7@nospam.demon.co.uk> Organization: The Pub Reply-To: Mike Tomlinson <mdt@earthling.net> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair,demon.tech.pc,comp.periphs