fw: classic answering machines

From: John Honniball <John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk>
Date: Fri Feb 2 06:51:24 2001

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:01:09 +0000 Adrian Graham
<agraham_at_ccat.co.uk> wrote:
> I've got an old reel-to-reel answering machine made by Ansafone which I'm
> trying to locate more information on (web searches turn up nothing useful
> and there don't seem to be any "classic" telecoms groups which I can find -
> if someone knows of one, let me know)

There is a UK Telecom Heritage Group -- they rescue and fix
up old telephone exchanges. Have a look at:

   http://www.light-straw.co.uk/

"Light Straw" is the colour of the yellow paint on old GPO
telephone gear!

I could point you to my own "Old Sad Things" page of phones:

   http://www.gifford.co.uk/~coredump/phone.htm

My Ericofon has a similar 1/4inch jack plug on it.

--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Fri Feb 02 2001 - 06:51:24 GMT

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