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Re: *nix

From	mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: *nix
Date	2020-02-17 20:00 +0100
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On 2020-02-17 16:29, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:07:59 -0500
> Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
> 
>> (I fell off the stoop
>> after tripping over my dog's tether in the dark on the 4th of July,
>> 1915, and spent most of the summer in various stages of recovery.)
>> Maybe some day I'll figure out how to dial a number on the phone.
> 
> I suspect that you find having to dial a phone a step backwards in
> user interface technology.
> 
> For the young whippersnappers in the audience, telephone technology in
> 1915 required that one pick up the ear piece, wait for the operator to
> acknowledge you, and tell her (it was usually a woman) to whom you
> wished to speak. She would then connect you by re-arranging physical
> patch cords to make physical connections.
> 
> And hope it wasn't a long distance call, which could take hours to set
> up.

In the 50s I heard that you could tap out the number on the cradle in 
the public phone boxes and connect without inserting coins.

mick

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Re: *nix Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2020-02-16 22:30 +0100
  Re: *nix Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-02-16 23:00 +0100
    Re: *nix Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-02-17 04:30 +0100
      Re: *nix Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-02-17 09:50 +0100
        Re: *nix Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2020-02-17 16:10 +0100
          Re: *nix Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-02-17 21:20 +0100
      Re: *nix Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-02-17 17:40 +0100
        Re: *nix mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-02-17 20:00 +0100
          Re: *nix Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-02-17 21:30 +0100
            Re: *nix mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-02-17 23:20 +0100
              Re: *nix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-02-18 00:40 +0100
          Re: *nix Martin Smith <tech@smithproductions.co.uk> - 2020-02-17 22:40 +0100
  Re: *nix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-02-17 06:00 +0100

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