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Simulation
I grew up in the small town of
Freeport, a city on the upper Texas coast just 50 or so
miles south of Houston. It was in the Bell System, and it
was served by a Western Electric No. 1 Step from 1953 until the
early 1980s. Two nearby cities were served by CDOs
(community-dial offices), and another nearby city was served by
an Independent telephone company that also utilized step-by-step
equipment. At an early age, I developed an interested in
how the telephone worked. Spending too much time on the
telephone, I can still remember how everything sounded.
Within this site, I have built a
small group of pages that demonstrate the way in which a call
was completed during those wonderful days of the
electromechanical systems.
Please click on the symbol below to
begin the simulation.
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