I do agree with you on that. S/C (Comdial) sets were the most problematic of all brands. The thing I disliked most was their new electronic dial that wired completely differently than any other brands. And those damned push-on spade tip connectors on everything!
Now if you want a truly ugly 1A2 phone series, then Automatic Electric (GTE) phones win hands-down.
Bill, yes, I have used a teletype with the paper tape reader. It was during my junior year in high school in 1977 for a computer class. The mainframe was at the school on the other side of town. They had NJ Bell run a 1,200 BAUD point-to-point data circuit to our "computer room". We wrote our programs using BASIC language and stored them on tape. The bigger your roll of tape, the more elaborate your program was. Wow, how times have changed. There, I said it. Now you can guess at my age!
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