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From: gw@zombie.dtc.hp.com (Gordon Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Lineman's Handset Help Needed
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Date: 23 Aug 90 21:33:02 GMT
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>  I was thinking of putting together a linesman's handset here, and I
>was wondering, is it really as easy as putting good-quality Alligator
>Clips onto a rotary dial phone's two wires?

>  I've always wanted to make one of these beasts, and I'd rather not
>pay the $110 can I've seen them here in surplus stores.

Hello Frank,

I have an old linesman handset, rotary dial and heavy black rubber
frame.  Make me an offer, it has been sitting unused for many years.


Gordon Wilson  hp@hpdtc.hp.com  1334 Spoonbill Way  Sunnyvale, Calif 94087