My Collection... How about yours?

[firefoxfire]

Here is one for the history books.

I have in my possession:

10 button 500 Series Desk set
10 Button Princess Phone
Touch-A-Matic Business Card Dial Phone (with plastic IBM style punch cards!)

Dimension 2000 PBX Operator Console

Any several other interesting items.

P.S. When I say 10 button I mean only Touch Tone buttons 1-0 no * or #. That was not invented yet.

What is in your collection?

 

[SYQUEST]

The WESTERN ELECTRIC Touch-Tone™ desk set with 10 buttons would be model 1500D. The 10 button Princess™ would be the model 1702B. The Touch-A-Matic™ set is a set with a built-in memory dialer, was available as rotary (872 series) or Touch-Tone™ (2872 series) and equipped with a six button key strip. It did not use cards, it has a 32 number memory. The Card Dialer set on the other hand, is all electromechanical, model series are: 660 rotary, 1660 10 button Touch-Tone™, 2660 12 button Touch-Tone™, all with various options from single line to 6 button key strip and headset jacks and exclusion key. The card itself did not bear any likeness to an "IBM" card except for the holes poked in the plastic card to store the phone number. The P-13E353 cards were plastic cards about a fourth the size of an "IBM" card, more like a credit card. The dialer mechanism, type 41, was a motor driven device, where the Touch-Tone™ version, type 26 (10 button) and type 36 (12 button), were spring driven to read the card.

Both the Touch-A-Matic™ and the Card Dialer devices were available as an adjunct add on in Touch-Tone™ versions to be used with other sets or arrangements.

If you have any questions about the sets or their wiring, I can probably answer them. I have the BSPs, etc. for them, although they are available from various places on the net.

....JIM....

 

[Lostpbx]

Hey Fire I think I have the Dimension PBX with cards, instructions, installer notes and tapes for your phone set.

Also a Simpson 270 meter.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I've got an old wooden wall phone made by Kellogg that I restored
Several 500 sets
Several 2500 sets
(1) 1500
(2) 302 sets
(1) 354
Several 2564 and 2565 keysets
I'm sure there are a few others lol

jeff moss

 

[Westi]

I have a German ivory coloured phone from 1939 that can be converted to a wall phone by turning the dialer. At that time they tested each rotary for correct 60/40ms timing and the test strip is still in it.

Joe W.

FHandw, ACSS

Google it you damn kids

 

[LkEErie]

I have a Mitel SX-5 and SX-10. They will be available in my estate sale

LkEErie

 

[1a22ip]

I have a Rotary Lineman's Butt set. I also have an Ivory handle can wrench! Lets not forget the Yankee hand drill.

ED

1a2 to ip I seen it all

 

[jeffmoss26]

I've got a hand wire wrap tool

jeff moss

 

[Westi]

we could open up our own telecom museum

Joe W.

FHandw, ACSS

Google it you damn kids

 

[firefoxfire]

Interesting history link:

http://www.porticus.org/bell/bell.htm