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To: twister881

My house has 3 of them in it all still working

Its called a “Black 500” set.
Wall set was a 554

Guess Western Will be sued into oblivion...

Woops forgot Government previously destroyed them,,never mind


19 posted on 07/08/2020 11:24:32 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bell Bouy II

Touch-tone version was “2500”.


48 posted on 07/08/2020 12:18:15 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Bell Bouy II

Amen! Growing up, my family used the same model in beige. People today don’t realize that customers leased the equipment and didn’t own it. When Bell Telephone broke up, I recall my folks paying a few dollars to keep their sets.

My Dad was career Army Signal Corps and a WWII combat veteran (Pacific theater). He did a lot of work with Bell Labs, Western Electric, and AT&T. He arranged for me to join a tour of the C.S. Long Lines when I was in high school, an interesting field trip.


70 posted on 07/08/2020 5:03:27 PM PDT by twister881
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