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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children
Date: 30 May 2025 18:26:05 GMT
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On Fri, 30 May 2025 17:14:46 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> But you had to pay for it.  A friend and I hacked relays into our
> modems'
> phone connection, activated by the DTR line.  A suitable driver enabled
> us to pulse dial at whatever speed we wanted.  Maybe it was just the COs
> updating their equipment for Touch-Tone, but we found that we could
> pulse dial at 20 pps.  It was almost as fast as Touch-Tone.

If you were good you could dial with the cradle button. Then tone dialing 
opened the door to 2600. Seems they're still around raising hell.

https://www.2600.com/content/2600-twitter-account-frozen-over-doge-
contact-list

A couple of fledgling engineers built what amounted to a PBX in the dorms. 
Of course that was completely illegal when Ma Bell owned everything and 
they were expelled when it was discovered. The rumor was they were 
immediately hired by Bell.