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

[Steve Isenberg]

I found that I could call an 800 number, whistle the frequency, and hear
the tandem drop; I didn’t need the Captain crunch whistle.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM Adam Broun via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> Did anyone here ever use the infamous Cap'n Crunch whistle?
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM Donald Cooke via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Later on I learned that I could dial a number by just pressing the hangup
>> switch rapidly.....
>>
>>
>> Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM John Rudy via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
>> wrote:
>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> John Rudy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 781-861-0402
>>>
>>> 781-718-8334  cell
>>>
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>>> jjrudy1 at comcast.net
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