[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] How to use a telephone, from 1954

[Donald Cooke]

I didn't use the whistle but I followed https://www.2600.com/ for a while.

Or maybe it was this that I followed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2600:_The_Hacker_Quarterly

Dialing using the hang-up button was a benign version of the 2600 craze
that came in when the technology expanded to permit push-button phones.


Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259


On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/capn-crunch-whistle
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> John Rudy
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> *From:* Adam Broun <abroun at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:29 AM
> *To:* Donald Cooke <doncooke2 at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* jjrudy1 at comcast.net; Cynthia Pill <docpill123 at aol.com>; cam
> feightner <cf8ner1 at gmail.com>; Colin Rudy <colinr1230 at gmail.com>; Lex
> Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us>; Sophie Feightner <sf8ner at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] How to use a telephone,
> from 1954
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> Did anyone here ever use the infamous Cap'n Crunch whistle?
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> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM Donald Cooke via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
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> They came around to Hancock School to teach us kids. Must have been my 5th
> grade or so. Our number changed from Lexington-9-0524 to Volunteer-2-5010.
> I think we also got to walk down to the switch station on Waltham Street to
> see the switching mechanism.
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> Later on I learned that I could dial a number by just pressing the hangup
> switch rapidly.....
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> Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259
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> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM John Rudy via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
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> Bing Videos
> <https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=how+to+use+a+dial+phone+1954&mid=7F1DA87AF463381268157F1DA87AF46338126815&FORM=VIRE>
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> This is pretty amazing
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> John Rudy
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> 781-861-0402
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> 781-718-8334  cell
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