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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 91 02:16:12 EDT
From: gaarder@anarres.ithaca.ny.us
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Subject: Re: Military Telecom Museum Well Worth a Visit
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Nigel.Allen@f438.n250.z1.fidonet.org (Nigel Allen) writes:

> If you have an interest in the history of military telecommunications,
> you may want to visit the Canadian Forces Communications and
> Electronics Museum (formerly the Royal Canadian Signals Museum) at the
> Vimy Barracks in Kingston, Ontario.

I went there last summer; it's small and low-budget but worth a visit
if you're in the area.  While "one of the best telephone collections
in the world" may be an exaggeration, they do have some interesting
ones, including a set with an 11-hole dial (separate holes for 0 and
operator, even though both send 10 pulses).  Thye also have a British
phone booth, complete with A and B button phone.  (But without any of
the information and instruction cards, unfortunately).


Steve Gaarder   gaarder@theory.tc.cornell.edu  gaarder@anarres.ithaca.ny.us