On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:50:40 -0600, Jim Redelfs
wrote:

Talk about backwards-compatibility: Buy a 1930s-vintage telephone at a garage
sale. Assuming it is in working condition, you can take it home, connect it
and take/make calls today. Whoopee!

I have such a phone and it used to work, but it quit working a few
years ago. Is it really still compatible, because back in those days
I think it required three wires, one was a ground, one was for the
voice, and one was for ringing the bell, IIRC.
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