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From: matt_mcgehrin@pro-sherwood.cts.com (Matthew McGehrin)
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Subject: NJ Bell Lab in Morristown, NJ
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Date: 5 Nov 90 00:36:02 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from sba8_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu

I have to find the number, but I remeber calling a system in
Morristown, NJ. It was a NJ Bell Lab. It was really interesting.
Depending on which number you called you could make the system do the
following:
 
Give you a wake up call (you enter in your phone number and the time
in 24 hr format and at the time it would call your house, wait till
you picked up and in a computer voice say ' NJ BELL WAKE up call'
(click)
 
Another feature was they had a recording that would say 'Yes (pause
pause) Yes operator I will accept the charges. It was nice since when
ever you didn't have any money you would do a third party to that
number and three out five times it worked, since most of the operators
didnt give a hoot.
 
Also they had a 'directory' of employee's at the lab. You could press
numbers (via a TT pad), and it would tell you the names that
correspond. Then if their number was listed it would tell you their
street adddress, telephone number and you had the option of dialing
out.
 
Oh Yeah, also you could find out the temperture in the room, see if
people had mail in their voice mailboxes, play some music (computer
generated) or listen to the radio. They had it tuned to (102.7 WNEW
FM). I hope they do not get scared by all the information I just left.
It was a great system that could be used in the real world.
 

Matthew

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[Moderator's Note: Thank you for *NOT* including the phone number
involved. I'd have really had to edit it out ... I can't condone 
the kind of tampering around you were doing.  I agree though it seems
like an interesting device which you were playing with. Too bad it was
not available for general use.   PAT]