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  • WE 5 XB - No. 5 Crossbar Master Test Frame 1951-73

    Contributed by the Connections Museum. Processed by Paul Fassbender. No. 5 Crossbar M a s te r Test F ra m e downloaded from: TCI Library http: www.telephonecollectors.info Source: Connections Museum, Seattle, WA ,downloaded from: TCI Library...

  • 75Jan BLR p16 - Alpha and Omega of the Network

    Showcases some interesting consoles and telephone sets. Contributed by Paul Fassbender. BLR Vol 53 TCI Library: www.telephonecollectors.info ,BLR Vol 53 TCI Library: www.telephonecollectors.info , W tomers? HAT IS THE "BELL SYSTEM" to our cus It's the...

  • BLR 1951-53 - AMA Reprint

    60MB. 138 pages. A Collection of 23 articles on Automatic Message Accounting published in the Bell Laboratories Record, 1951 1953. Contributed by the Connections Museum, Seattle. Scanned by Claire. OCR by Peter Amstein and Sarah Autumn. Bookmarks by...

  • ITEC 1-1010 i4 Jul82 - Wire Chief Panel 100010

    Contributed by John Novack. 1 1010 FOR WIR CHI F T ST PANEL 100010 Approved: TCI Library www.telephonecollectors.info Issue 2 9 25 81 Issue 3 2 26 82 Issue 4 7 28 82 VIRE CHIEF TEST PAllBL TABLE OF COWTERT'S SECTION I. PAGE IBTRODUCTXOR 1. 2. 3. II. 4....

  • 76Jan BLR P3 Touch A Matic 32

    Bell Labs Record. Touch a matic 32. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Bell Laboratories Record Vol 54 The TOUCH A MATIC 18 telephone set stores up to 32 phone numbers that users may call simply by lifting the handset and pressing a button. The set is now...

  • 50jan BLR Vol XXVIII No. 1

    Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Contents: VIBRATING REED SELECTORS FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS THE ORIGINAL DIAL PULSE REGISTER CIRCUIT FOR THE CROSSBAR SYSTEM NO. 5 THE CASE OF THE BARNACLED CRYSTAL MURRAY HILL AUDITORIUM AS A LISTENING ROOM BELL...

  • 62Mar BLR P74 - Low Speed Data Set

    Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. ALOW SPEED DATA SET FOR R. Sokoler One of the frontiers of communication is the transfer of symbolic language or code through the voice telephone network. Such information transfer is made...

  • 69Feb BLR P44 - Bell Laboratories Material Research

    Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Bell Laboratories Record, Vol 47 www.telephonecollectors.info rials Research at Bell Laboratories An Enterprise in Versatility An Interview with Dr. Bruce Hannay By Mrs. Maria Hakki, Assistant Editor "Throughout history,...

  • 62sep BLR P297 1A Line Concentrator

    Contributed by Chuck Hensley. The "concentration" of telephone lines outside the central office is an old concept but a comparatively new art. Development of this idea has resulted in a device that can save operating telephone companies millions of...

  • 74sep BLR P238 - Modular Set Introduction

    8MB. Bell Labs Record, Sep 74, Pages 238 244 plus covers in color. Formatted for viewing (2 pages per pdf page). "Telephone Sets Go Mod (Modular, That Is)" Modular Wiring. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. TCI Library: www.telephonecollectors.info TCI...

  • 74Sep BLR P239 Telephones Go Modular

    Bell Labs Record, Sept. 1974. "Telephone Sets Go Mod (Modular, That Is)" Modular Wiring. Formatted for printing (individual pages). Modular wiring was phased in beginning in 1972, an important element in the new PhoneCenter stores. Contributed by Chuck...

  • 73May BLR P136 805A PBX

    Bell Labs Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Bell Labs cost of dial stcitches solid state circuitry. small rC(flliring is to install The 805A PBX A Switching Bargain For Small Businesses John Lemp, Jr. A LL OPERATING COMPANIES have small business...

  • 62jun BLR p202 - Quick-Connect Clip Terminal

    "Bell System installers must connect over 100,000 wires each working day skinning insulation, placing the wire on a terminal and tightening the nut of a screw fastener. A new quick connect clip terminal has now been developed which reduces this effort...

  • 69Mar BLR P77 Metroliner Train Telephones

    Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Bell Laboratories Record Vol 47 TCI Library: www.telephonecollectors.info 1 \ to a it to !)('at Telephones Aboard the ''Metroliner'' C. E. Paul Metroliner trains went into service this January,...

  • 62jul BLR P232 TWX Goes Dial

    Contributed by Chuck Hensley. TWX Go The first nationwide cutover in the history of telephony one that will involve every operating company in the Bell System and many independent telephone companies will take place on August 31, 1962. When it is...

  • 62jun BLR p208 - Human Factors Engineering and Modern Communications

    Contributed by Paul Fassbender. Specialized personnel at Bell Telephone Laboratories are studying the human factors in modern telephony man's communication needs, abilities and limitations. J.E. Karlin ··~)~.iHfiffiiff;f ~aciors·· EDglneet ir1g.:; ~~d~...

  • 39Mar BLR p212 - Molded Telephone Apparatus Design

    "Grooved handset article" from Bell Laboratories Record March, 1939? Vol. XVII No. 7, by T S Huxman, Insulating Materials Development. Contributed by Jim Stettler. Molded Telephone Apparatus Design By T. S. HUX1HM Iumlaling lVlaterials Development...

  • 67Jun BLR P202 Experimental Lineless (Cordless) Telephone

    Bell Laboratories Record. Covers the development and plans for field trials of the cordless phone. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Lineless Extension Telephone In Exploratory Development An experimental lineless extension Telephone Set telephone, a...

  • 75May BLR P235 Design Line Telephones

    Bell Labs Record. "DESIGN LINE* Decorative Telephones: Just the Beginning" The first five WE produced Design Line sets include Stowaway, Celebrity, Elite, Exeter, and Accent. Three additional sets were soon added, using housings from American...

  • 67Oct BLR P290 Chester Sixteen Oceans tci ocr CH

    Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Reference Singing Wires, June 2016 Long Lines craftsmen handle shore end of an ocean cable being laid by the SS. Long Lines, visible in the background. 290 Bell Laboratories Record TCI Library: www.telephonecollectors.info...


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