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| Tape Number |
FLAC | MP3 | Year Recorded |
Description |
| 0164A | Part 1 Part 2 |
Part 1 Part 2 |
1975 | 212-923 panel (west 176th street Manhattan); Manhattan intercept operator talking to friend; Minneapolis AIS special announcement 97 (noisy); Bell System answering machine in Long Beach repair bureau; Tennessee office code (901-239) that works as direct access to Corinth MS toll center |
| 0164B | Part 1 Part 2 |
Part 1 Part 2 |
1975 | Hempstead #1 Crossbar; Lynbrook #5 crossbar; Use of the South Hampton SD (repair service diverter); sounds from within the Cabot, VT Contel step CDO, #1 Step in Barry, VT, Bell step CDO with new tones in Plainfield, VT; Contel Step in Marshfield, VT. |
| 0695A | Part 1 Part 2 |
Part 1 Part 2 |
1976 | 790 Conference, Talking on Hicksville’s busy signal, Brooklyn Cumberland medical center PBX buzzers, checking message rate status in Long Beach & Huntington, sending NYC calls to Deer Park tandem |
| 0695B | Part 1 Part 2 |
Part 1 Part 2 |
Early 1976 | Sending NYC calls to Deer Park tandem from Lynbrook #5 crossbar |
| GBM02-3-05 | FLAC | MP3 | May 1974 | New York Telephone’s IDDD tone demonstration recordings |
| GBM28-1-01 | Part 1 Part 2 |
Part 1 Part 2 |
Middle to late 1975 | Conversation with Bill. New Garden City ESS. Westbury 997 Sickly sounding loop checker test (moved to Garden City). Long Beach balance test loop around. Deer Park 677 Official 33 Loop around (with Bill). 425 Broadstreet 1XB to Bronx Intercept. 5XB Inter marker group call. Elaron and SD call diverters |
| GBM28-2-02 | FLAC | MP3 | Late 1975 or early 1976 | Far Rockaway Intercept Line with no ring trip device. Long Island Valley Stream 5’s 811 business office has been changed |
| GBM28-3-03 | FLAC | MP3 | Late 1975 or early 1976 | Talking on 923 buzzer with Ben via Kingston 5XB Tandem to Borough tandem route |
| GBM28-3-05 | FLAC | MP3 | Late 1975 or early 1976 | Calling Rhinebeck, NY Vacant Level Recording Test Number in Huntington, NY (disables trunk by accident), Centralized Intercept in New Orleans, Huntington, NY old Repair Service number with CDO ring leaking through |
| GBM28-4-01 | FLAC | MP3 | Late 1975 or early 1976 | Calls from 887 to Queens Sector, Code 830 being misrouted though Garden City/Nassau 4A, Calling suping 212-395 vacant code recording on Long Beach SD |
| GBM28-4-02 | FLAC | MP3 | Late 1975 or early 1976 | Calling 914 area from 887 (Lynbrook 5XB Marker Group 500) via N1 and N3 carrier to White Plains Tandem 1. |
| GBM28-4-03 | FLAC | MP3 | October 1975 | Hempstead and Glen Cove SDs One #5 Crossbar revertive pulsing to another Bell System Newsline (digital vs. analog) Vancouver operator training recording Long Distance Calls – Jane Barbe recording, St. Thomas Ring, Intercept tone and recording from Jamaica |
| GBM41-1-01 | FLAC | MP3 | August 1976 | West 73rd street Panel calling Hempstead SD and Deer Park ESS demonstrator Old and new New York area 936 weather New 936 intercept announcements Calls to New York City via Deer Park crossbar tandem dialed on Deer Park ESS demonstrator |
| GBM41-1-02 | FLAC | MP3 | August 1976 | Gotham tandem revertive pulsing to other crossbar tandems on the 212-487 5XB demonstrator |
| GBM41-2-01 | FLAC | MP3 | October 1976 | West 73rd street 5XB calling Long Island via N1 carrier to Hempstead Tandem 1, including 936 recordings |
| GBM41-2-04 | FLAC | MP3 | October 1976 | 750-2000 Step PBX buzzer conference West 73rd Street 660 * # conference 958 dialed via West 73rd street panel and #5XB lines |
| GBM41-3-02 | FLAC | MP3 | October 1976 | West 73rd Street 5XB to Hempstead Tandem 2 via combination N3 & T-carrier trunk to various L.I. places |
| GBM41-3-03 | FLAC | MP3 | October 1976 | 5XB Demonstrator Manhattan 628 New England Telephone Rate Quote System Touch Tone access |
| GBM41-3-04 | FLAC | MP3 | October 1976 | Repeated calls to NTL Phase 5 (charge test) called via many different routes |
| GBM41-3-05 | Part 1 Part 2 |
Part 1 Part 2 |
October 1976 | Ben’s MTL associated loop-around demonstrated Bell Harbor “ringing to reorder” (calling Ben’s bridged lines) Old Fashioned Coin Collect and Return Test Line (West 73rd Street 660-6) Dial speed Check line (West 73rd Street 660-02) Strange 575/779 non working call diverter Forwarding an official number to the MTL and getting ESS busy flash Ben’s official callback number |