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Default Maplin Resurrection?

On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 05:21:37 -0700, spuorgelgoog wrote:

On Saturday, 11 April 2020 13:01:42 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
ISTR there was an even earlier one that used the phone keypad.




Yes, you had to change all the Maplin AB12Z order codes into numeric
equivalents :-)

Especially fun for Rs and Cs.

Although that might have come *later* than CashTEL, as DTMF phones
weren't widely used but Maplin customers could build their own modem.


I had one of those DTMF boxes.

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