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From: johns@scroff.uk.sun.com (John Slater)
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Subject: Re: Touchtone History
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In article <9482@accuvax.nwu.edu>, roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy
Smith) writes:

>Sitting on the table behind his chair were
>about 3 or 4 single line desk sets, one touch-tone, the rest rotary.

Er, shouldn't that be "one push-button, the rest rotary"?  Unless you
heard the tones when JFK made a call, it could just be a
pulse-dialler.  In the UK, push-button pulse-dialling phones have been
around for years, long before touch-tone came along.


John Slater
Sun Microsystems UK, Gatwick Office