Blast from the Past - Page 27

DNSB · 12-12-2020, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by binaryhermit

Was scrolled up a bit and saw a lot of the talk of telephone numbers.

And I somehow feel old at times when I can say I remember when you only had to dial 7 digits to make a local call.

Would it make you feel younger when I remember dialing 4 digits? 7 digits went away in 2008.

cromag · 12-12-2020, 11:42 PM

I remember dialing seven characters -- but the first two were alphabetic. Our town had two exchanges, CRestview 3 (CR3, now 273) and CRestview 7 (CR7 now 277). Like old movies where the telephone number was KLondike5-1234. That was when phones all had three letters above each number on the rotary dial.

DNSB · 12-12-2020, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cromag

I remember dialing seven characters -- but the first two were alphabetic. Our town had two exchanges, CRestview 3 (CR3, now 273) and CRestview 7 (CR7 now 277). Like old movies where the telephone number was KLondike5-1234. That was when phones all had three letters above each number on the rotary dial.

No Q and no Z. I remember living in the CAstle (22), MUtual (68) and CYpress (29) exchange areas. Call Castle 82222 and ask for Marvin.

issybird · 12-14-2020, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by binaryhermit

Was scrolled up a bit and saw a lot of the talk of telephone numbers.

And I somehow feel old at times when I can say I remember when you only had to dial 7 digits to make a local call.

In my entire state, you must only dial seven digits to make an in-state call.

DNSB · 12-14-2020, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

In my entire state, you must only dial seven digits to make an in-state call.

Do you have touchtone dialing yet?

binaryhermit · 12-14-2020, 05:54 PM

I was gonna say 7 digit dialing went away later than that here, but it actually apparently went away in February 2007

drjd · 12-15-2020, 05:16 AM

In late 1960's my town had four digit phone numbers and no dialer.

We used to just lift the receiver and in some moments an exchange operator asked you which number to connect to.

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cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 24,303 Karma: 459220161 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	I remember dialing seven characters -- but the first two were alphabetic. Our town had two exchanges, CRestview 3 (CR3, now 273) and CRestview 7 (CR7 now 277). Like old movies where the telephone number was KLondike5-1234. That was when phones all had three letters above each number on the rotary dial.

12-14-2020, 05:54 PM	#396
binaryhermit Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,696 Karma: 20469902 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Lockport, IL Device: Kindle PW4, Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I was gonna say 7 digit dialing went away later than that here, but it actually apparently went away in February 2007

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drjd The Couch Potato Posts: 34,509 Karma: 230999999 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Archos 9, Onyx Boox C67ML Carta	In late 1960's my town had four digit phone numbers and no dialer. We used to just lift the receiver and in some moments an exchange operator asked you which number to connect to.

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