I added pdf files to the "Files" area of this group (click on "Files" in the upper left corner of this screen) with the local calling area pages from five old...
... "Hollerith Card" is the proper term for what was commonly called an "IBM Card" or just "punch card". It was named after a man named Hollerith, who...
Thanks for reminding me -- I had forgotten that they were called Hollerith cards. I never treated the cards I received so as to shrink the holes, but having...
At some point in the mid-60's the telephone office I worked in went from handwritten toll tickets to the "punch cards." I recall the term "mark sense" in...
... Yes, I had forgotten about the term "mark sense", but that is correct. The operator would "mark" the card with information that the card reading billing...
Elmer's recollections charged some of my synapses long buried in cob webs. I recall that the transition from paper toll tickets to the mark sense cards...
... Do you know what exchanges were served from the Ticonderoga toll center? I remember going on a field trip to a small town toll center when I was in Cub...
... "Calculograph" is the actual name of the device. I have seen those myself. They eliminate having to figure the time manually, which was what operators...
... Every single out-of-state call went through Richmond, for which we dialled a prefix of 9 first, waited for a beep, and then dialled the 10-digit phone...
... That would be 1977 at the Tradewinds Hotel on Ft. Lauderdale beach. (sfx: "spooky wayback music plays..") I went to Florida during my college spring break...
... The largest toll center in an area code did not have a city code. For exaample, the route to the Ticonderoga Toll center was 518+024+, but for the Albany...
... In our area the code "Callback Operator 6" was used in a similar manner, but it could also be used to call somebody person-to-person, collect, without them...
About 1957, a new central switching office opened in Rockville, Maryland. There was an open house when it was completed, and as I recall, one piece of...
Elmer's recollections parallel mine; they're delightful to read. The toll center at UVa had the reverse system for which cord was trunk and which was internal....
Check out http://www.telephonetribute.com/switches_survey_chapter_11.html and scroll down to "Central Office Features - Crossbar" There is a detailed...
... When the first ESS COs came online in Albany area (474, 445) I didn't know anybody who lived in those exchanges, so I had to go to pay phones to play with...
... I looked up Richmond - it was a class 2 toll center (804-2). This was the case in most situations, all calls going "out of the area" would be directed to...
... Thanks for the reply! I'm suspecting that Willsboro *could* have been served from Ticonderoga, since it was "963" and Westport was "962". But this does...
... I don't know what kind of toll center it was in the mid-60's. Their local calls were certainly on the 7-digit scheme, the first two being the exchange...
Thanks for the info on Charlottesville, responses ... You are not the only one, I'd like to have one to help with compiling the telephone history website I'm ...
To all list members concerned about Mark Cuccia: Mark Cuccia is safe and sound. Mark called me at 8 AM this morning (Wednesday). His apartment did not get...
... Have you ever seen the small book titled "Everything Happened Around the Switchboard"? It's the story of the magneto exchange in Bryant Pond, Maine,...
I added pdf files to the "Files" area of this group (click on "Files" in the upper left corner of this screen) with the local calling area pages from five old...
Thanks to all for your concern. Today (this evening), Monday 12 September 2005 is my first actual attempt at Internet access in 2 weeks. If I don't personally...
... No, but I would really like to find a copy of this book. I'm sure there are some very good stories in it. ... Did this occur during a central office...
I have read some of the posts to one or another of the Yahoo groups regarding the BellSouth/AT&T "Main" building in New Orleans, located at the riverside and...
... Not hard to find at all. I got mine from the author on eBay, but I don't know if they still sell that way. However, several online used book sellers have...
I've just sold a Vancouver, BC telephone book from 1963. Before it's out of my hands I wanted to record the exchange names listed in it. The changeover to...
There's another batch of files with the local calling area information pages scanned from old telephone books. You can find them by clicking on "Files" in the...
