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Pictorial and Written History of Bell Systems

Posted by michael on from the ma-knows-what-you-want dept.

gngulrajani writes "I have wasted an afternoon digging though this website. Lots of old school Bell marketing posters as well as technical specifications for things such as 'Telephone Memory Devices' and a 'dataphone service'."

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  1. AT&T Going Underground. by Dieppe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is from a print ad concerning the "Plot" to bury AT&T with a black and white picture of a bunch of people with shovels on top.

    We're going underground. Bit by bit we're burying our telephone lines in many parts of the country to give you better service.

    Our purpose is not just to unclutter the landscape, although neighborhoods will look neater. Underground cables are rarely affected by storms. And they're never kayoed[?] by falling limbs or wayward autos.

    Our service is good but we keep trying to make it better. And ourselves more welcome than ever around your home. Going underground is one part of that effort. We may be the only phone company in town, but we try not to act like it.

    "Kayoed"??? What unique language is this? *reaching for dictionary*

    Oh I see.

    kayo

    n. Sports pl. kayos

    A knockout in boxing.

    tr.v. kayoed, kayoing, kayos

    1.Sports. To knock out.

    2.Slang. To put out of commission.

    Ah, there must be one other /.er who knows that on sight! (Well it's mildly amusing to me anyway.)

    Well at least Microsoft's motto isn't "We may be the only OS in town, and we act like it."

  2. Re:Baby bells by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "This is off-topic but I just can't help it anymore. There was never any such thing as an "Apple ][" nor was there any such thing as an "Apple //"

    Oh man, I'm so glad you came by and cleared this up. I've been saying Apple Slash Slash for years!!!

    --
    "Derp de derp."