Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 12 Jun 91 17:08:09 -0700 From: Steve Forrette Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Rotary Dial Phones Forgotten But Not Gone Message-ID: Organization: University of California, Berkeley Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 455, Message 8 of 14 Lines: 24 In article Julian Macassey writes: > This circuit the "TAP telephone" was as I recall designed by > Joe Flamini, a real telecom character. He is an MIT Phd, ex cop, bon > vivant and comedian. Anyhow, the IC is a Dual Timer. One half sets up > the flash button for a 600Ms break and the other half, which is across > the hookswitch is set up for 1500 Ms. This is why when you try to ^^^^^^^ > flash the hookswitch on the TAP phone you hang the phone up. I think this is a really stupid feature. How do they expect you to dial the phone if the tone pad goes out? :-) Steve Forrette, forrette@cory.berkeley.edu [Moderator's Note: My office phone is like that. The switch always will disconnect; never flash. The TAP button flashes, but after a flash or two it seems to need to time out a few seconds before it is willing to flash again (it does nothing after the secod or third time it is flashed until a few seconds have elapsed.) Stupid. PAT]