<div dir="ltr"><div>I didn't use the whistle but I followed <a href="https://www.2600.com/">https://www.2600.com/</a> for a while. </div><div><br></div><div>Or maybe it was this that I followed: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2600:_The_Hacker_Quarterly">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2600:_The_Hacker_Quarterly</a></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zxepmnLIKmYitiu77ai2nm7FH3JgppsFmboNJcBNbCpE2xbStskZTbPr8HLs0B93HPIiuiX1E"><br><div>Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259<br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM <<a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4972780269067299962"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_4972780269067299962WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/capn-crunch-whistle" target="_blank">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/capn-crunch-whistle</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-718-8334  cell<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bedford MA<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">jjrudy1@comcast.net</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img border="0" width="124" height="115" style="width: 1.2916in; height: 1.1927in;" id="m_4972780269067299962Picture_x0020_944495035" src="cid:ii_1961b0ce1694cff311"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Adam Broun <<a href="mailto:abroun@gmail.com" target="_blank">abroun@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> Donald Cooke <<a href="mailto:doncooke2@gmail.com" target="_blank">doncooke2@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>; Cynthia Pill <<a href="mailto:docpill123@aol.com" target="_blank">docpill123@aol.com</a>>; cam feightner <<a href="mailto:cf8ner1@gmail.com" target="_blank">cf8ner1@gmail.com</a>>; Colin Rudy <<a href="mailto:colinr1230@gmail.com" target="_blank">colinr1230@gmail.com</a>>; Lex Computer Group <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>>; Sophie Feightner <<a href="mailto:sf8ner@gmail.com" target="_blank">sf8ner@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] How to use a telephone, from 1954<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Did anyone here ever use the infamous Cap'n Crunch whistle?<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 10:23<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>AM Donald Cooke via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Later on I learned that I could dial a number by just pressing the hangup switch rapidly.....<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="100" height="62" style="width: 1.0416in; height: 0.6458in;" id="m_4972780269067299962_x0000_i1026" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zxepmnLIKmYitiu77ai2nm7FH3JgppsFmboNJcBNbCpE2xbStskZTbPr8HLs0B93HPIiuiX1E"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Don Cooke, Site 523, 603.219.9259<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 5:43<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>AM John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=how+to+use+a+dial+phone+1954&mid=7F1DA87AF463381268157F1DA87AF46338126815&FORM=VIRE" target="_blank">Bing Videos</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is pretty amazing<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">John Rudy</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-861-0402</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-718-8334  cell</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bedford MA</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img border="0" width="124" height="115" style="width: 1.2916in; height: 1.1979in;" id="m_4972780269067299962m_624929772205681276m_-8352048849323530023m_-7561820213370665671Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_1961b0ce1694cff311"></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a>      Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br>To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a>  To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br>Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br>List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>This message was sent to <a href="mailto:doncooke2@gmail.com" target="_blank">doncooke2@gmail.com</a>.<br>Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/doncooke2@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/doncooke2@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal">===============================================<br>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br>Send to the list: <a href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a>      Message archives: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br>To subscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a>  To unsubscribe: email <a href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br>Future and Past meeting information: <a href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br>List information: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br>This message was sent to <a href="mailto:abroun@gmail.com" target="_blank">abroun@gmail.com</a>.<br>Set your list options: <a href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/abroun@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/abroun@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u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