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Old 23rd Jul 2021, 9:46 pm   #14
G6Tanuki
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Default Re: Shared Service (Party Line) emulation

In the 60s my parents' house was on a 'party line'. Not sure whether this was a specific feature of the party-line implementation but it was - to paraphrase Tom Jones - 'not unusual' to hear the BBC Light-Program in the background of your calls.

Perhaps "Noises-off" should be included in any party-line simulation??

[In the very-early-70s we had oil central-heating installed and the installers snapped the earth-wire while winching the 1000-gallon oil tank into place. Meaning no-ding-a-ling! The GPO said it would be at least a week for someone to come out and investigate [even though I told them precisely what the problem was]. So I 'borrowed' a length of Don10 cable and a couple of the Thermite-powered line-jointers from the school CCF signals-unit and had the problem fixed the next day].
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