Mark Lloyd wrote:
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:43:41 -0500, Uncle Monster
wrote:
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As to something else pushbutton-related, how about the "A" "B" "C" and
"D" keys?

Ask a hard one- that is the 4th row of buttons for an old AUTOVON phone.
The TT standard was written around a 16-key (4x4) array. Somewhere in my
collection, I have an old gray 2500 without the star and pound keys.
Back in the 50s and 60s, the dividing line between ATT, WE, Bellcore,
and Army Signal Corp, got rather fuzzy in spots. DoD was heavily
involved with the post WWII design of the long-lines buildout. They even
used to have a special area code assigned for the government emergency
comms- now it is just a front door to a virtual network, with a single
phone number assigned to it.

--
aem sends...