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Welcome, Sam  What a wonderful resource. Please send an e-mail to justbill....he'll feel right at home. He and I are old Bell guys and are used to WECO equipment. Again,
Ken
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Sam, I join Ken (KLD) in welcoming in you. You could be quite the asset in this category.
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I started collecting phones when I was 9 years old, I worked for Illinois Bell in High School as an apprentice in the mid' 80's during divestiture. I am now Treasurer of Telephone Collectors International and The Curator Consultant of The Hawthorne Museum, a tribute to the Hawthorne works of Western Electric. My life is phones. I have MANY western electric products, and worked on most of the equipment..
It was big and bulky, but it worked. and I miss it..
I'm glad to be here
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Interesting SS. Amazing how many of us have some of the older manuals and practices. Thanks for sharing.
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I'm just going to jump in and welcome Sam. Maybe there is Finally someone older than me on this board!  John C. (May 1, 1945)
When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.
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John:
I think you are among the "youngun's" here. Sorry.
Funny about the 206 selector. I scarfed a 207C intercom from an abandoned building when I was a kid. I got frustrated trying to make it work, so I stripped it down to the wire-wrap connections and did them on my own. NO, it never really worked right, but it sort-of worked.
Sam, it sounds like we are both addicts. Come on in to our "meeting".
Ed Vaughn, MBSWWYPBX
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I am 40, but a collector for many years..This week I picked up a 555 and I have been working on it...
It was part of a multiple and they must have taken some straps out, the thing wont ring..I can ring stations so I know that there is voltage there. I have the books, just not the time...
Trunks wont ring either...
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I have 2 555s and another one which is gutted (Can't remember the number). I have a friend that was a Bell PBX man and he may have the BSPs for this one...Will check in a few days when I get time. I'm 53 and I've been collecting since I was 5. In that last picture, are all of the internal wires cut off at the jacks and lamps? or just down at the wooden block?
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