Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: DPickett@pco-multics.hbi.honeywell.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: If Your Phone Stayed Offhook In The Old Days Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 89 00:58:00 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 4 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 104, message 7 of 7 It seems to me, in the old days, they put a reed in the contacts of your relay if the phone stayed offhook, and the reed was shaped such that a jiggle would dislodge it and allow you into the dialer again, if you pumped your switchhook. Or am I just dreaming it?