Hi, Anthony,
Well, I enjoyed working switchboards and I cried when the last day of
working a PBX was over. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't think most telephone
systems today are truly switchboards like the ones I used.
I haven't worked since 1997 and I don't miss working. Yes, I learned how to
do other jobs after the switchboard era had ended, but I didn't like these
jobs at all.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: off topic telephone systems
: Hi Terri;
:
: I wouldn't be surprised if switchboards are not as accessible today as =
: they were years ago.
:
: All the menus and icons make it that way.
:
: I worked for VERIZON for 27 years and thank God I never ran a =
: switchboard.
:
: I am now very happily retired.
:
: 73 De Anthony W2AJV
: [log in to unmask]
: ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
:
: ----- Original Message -----=20
: From: Terri Pannett=20
: To: [log in to unmask]
: Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:37 PM
: Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] off topic telephone systems
:
:
: Hi, Brett,
:
: No, I never got to TSPS--I left the phone company before that.
:
: I worked the Dimension board at Sears. I sure enjoyed the different =
: sounds=20
: created by the little box connected to the switchboard. They reminded =
: me of=20
: CW, (grin).
:
: I never liked that probe which came with the system--too heavy! So I =
: used=20
: the lightweight probes I mentioned. In fact, the only time I had to =
: scan=20
: anything was when someone was on hold. I also liked the multiple =
: answer=20
: key, that was neat! I discovered I never had to use the probe to tell =
: if a=20
: line was busy because I could just listen before I pressed the release =
:
: button.
:
: The last console I used was an Oki and it was inferior to the =
: Dimension, but=20
: my employer, Exchange Bank, was willing to modify it so I could work =
: it.=20
: They had to change the lights from green to red or white and they =
: drilled=20
: holes into the console so I could stick the probe into a hole and =
: detect the=20
: light. I worked the switchboard at Exchange Bank for 10 and a half =
: years=20
: until they went to a Centrex system.
:
: So my telephone carreer started with the CAMA board at Pacific =
: Telephone and=20
: their cord board PBX there to the cord board at Sears then the =
: Dimension and=20
: lastly the OKI at Exchange Bank I worked from 1974 to 1991.
:
: Is it true switchboards aren't accessible today?
:
: Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,=20
: California
: ----- Original Message -----=20
: From: "Brett Winches" <[log in to unmask]>
: To: <[log in to unmask]>
: Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:42 AM
: Subject: Re: off topic telephone systems
:
:
: : Terry,
: :
: : Many of the newer telephone systems are pc based and even if you =
: have a
: : UPS for backup, this does not necessarily mean that the phone system
: : will work. Perhaps your complex should invest in a good old dc =
: based
: : line in the manager's office. =3D20
: :
: : I had a probe from the Pioneers which plugged directly into the
: : Dimension console but was on a cord. This did work well as I could
: : simply clip it into an adhesive cable clamp designed for cable =
: about
: : the size of RG58 OR 59 ON THE SIDE OF THE CONSOLE. =3D20
: :
: : I ULTIMATELY AND MORE PERMANTLY USED EITHER A WRIST WORN PROBE WITH =
: THE
: : FIBEROPTIC WITHER A LEAD THREADED BETWEEN MY MIDDLE FINGER AND RING
: : FINGER WITH A SIMPLE EARPHONE THREADED UP MY SHIRT TO MY OTHER EAR,
: : (THE ONE NOT WEARING THE Starset. =3D20
: :
: : The advantage of the unit that plugged into the Dimension was that =
: the
: : audio was fed directly into the Starset but the hands free nature of =
: the
: : other probe made for easer multitasking between phone typewriter
: : calculator clock 4 spare phones and the Dimension. =3D20
: :
: : Ah yes the old cord system, Did you work MECOBS or eventually did =
: you
: : move over to tsps? SLEVE=3D20
: :
: : =3D20
: :
: : ###
: :
: : BRETT WINCHESTER
: :
: : [log in to unmask]
: :
: : 208-693-8386
: :
: : ###
: :
: : =3D20
: :
: : =3D20
: :
: :
: : -----Original Message-----
: : From: For blind ham radio operators
: : [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terri Pannett
: : Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:54 AM
: : To: [log in to unmask]
: : Subject: off topic telephone systems
: :
: : Dear List,
: :
: : The discussion of light probes brought back memories of when I used =
: to
: : work=3D20
: : as a switchboard operator for several companies. The light probes I
: : used=3D20
: : came from the Telephone Pioneers in Oregon and it consisted of a =
: light=3D20
: : sensor connected to a speaker which looked like a small transistor
: : radio.=3D20
: : These probes worked well on the old cord boards and they also worked =
: on
: : the=3D20
: : Dimension console and a console from Japan called the Oki. In the =
: case
: : of=3D20
: : the Oki, the green lights had to be replaced with red or white =
: lights.
: : The=3D20
: : probes cost about $20 but they were designed to work with =
: switchboards
: : with=3D20
: : very dull lights. I'm sure they must not be made anymore, since the
: : demise=3D20
: : of the good old switchboards. I still have one fo the light sensors =
: but
: : I=3D20
: : stupidly threw away the speaker that went with it.
: :
: : Last week, there was a power outage at my apartment complex which =
: lasted
: :
: : several hours. My phone still worked because I have a corded
: : speakerphone=3D20
: : but the phone system in the managers' office was dependent on
: : electricity so=3D20
: : they couldn't receive any calls from us. I can't understand why, in
: : this=3D20
: : day of technology, a telephone system would be dependent on PG&E. =
: Even
: : in=3D20
: : the days of the cord boards there were battery-operated systems!
: : Perhaps=3D20
: : someone could explain this phenomenon to me. I don't know what kind =
: of=3D20
: : system is in the managers' office, but I can find out. This place =
: is
: : full=3D20
: : of seniors who may need emergency assistance that's the reason for
: : on-site=3D20
: : managers, and it seems dumb to me communications should be so poor.
: :
: : Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign =
: AAT9PX,=3D20
: : California
: :
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