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THAT'S THE ONE I HAD! Still have it in my basement's 'museum collection', but its no longer compatible with today's cell towers etc, or so they say. I loved that simple unit... thanks, b. (((sniffle)))

It's a Motorola, circa 1996 manufacture- it gets through when my wife's wimpy little Nokia gives you nothing but duck-talk.

Unfortunately, the cell providers here aren't continuing to support older analog phones- they grandfathered this one in, but said "no more" when I tried to get one for my wife's car later.

It's funny how fast we adapt to, and take for granted, and get spoiled by, new technology-- my teenaged nieces were agast at stories of my childhood-- one dial phone in the dining room, one TV, and one car for the whole family. ( they each have an SUV, as does their Dad and Mom. )

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Mine was '89 or earlier. But the darned thing worked and that magnetic roof antenna got through almost everywhere.

I still have the 6lb battery which made it "portable", along with the bag phone, in my basement museum.

None of the telcos around the York-Lancaster-Harrisburg area will support it, anymore.