Bill, I hope that you can snap a few pictures with your phone to show us. This is quite the mystery device.
On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Bill Sudbrink <wh.sudbr...@verizon.net> wrote: > No, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that the paper > tape on this thing is for output, probably printed or > marked in some way because the paper seemed too flimsy > to hold a readable punch pattern. But now I'm pretty > determined to go back tomorrow and see if I can get > some more info. I didn't look at the bottom of it, maybe > there's a label. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck > > Guzis > > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:30 PM > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Maybe interesting toy in junk shop... > > > > On 07/02/2016 07:32 PM, Bill Sudbrink wrote: > > > I was poking around a junk shop that I visit from time to time and I > > > saw a toy. It didn't really strike me as that interesting when I saw > > > it but I've been wondering about it since I left the place this > > > morning. The thing was mostly red plastic with a cardboard bottom. > > > It had a two-prong AC cord and a four prong "old fashioned" telephone > > > jack. It had two big buttons and a spool of paper tape mounted on > > > the front. The tape was about 1/4 inch wide. I call it a toy > > > because it had that sort of feel about it. It was not clearly > > > labeled as such. It was also styled in a way that suggested late > > > 1960s to me. The whole thing was the size of a small shoe box. I > > > can't find anything like it in google searches. I wonder if it might > > > have some early modem like device in it. Does this description "ring > > > a bell" with anyone? > > > > > > Sounds like a late-model Kilburg Dialaphone. 1960-ish. Early models > > directly operated the dial of the desk telephone--later ones just > > pulsed > > the line appropriately--something that AT&T objected to and that > > Kilburg > > unsuccessfully fought. This was years before the Carterfone episode. > > Memory was a paper tape with printed names on it. > > > > That particular unit sounds like a very rare piece of kit. > > > > Am I getting close? > > > > --Chuck > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2016.0.7640 / Virus Database: 4604/12477 - Release Date: > > 06/23/16 > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > > -- Thanks, -AJ http://MicrotechM1.blogspot.com
