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  2. Modular connector - Wikipedia

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    The first types of small modular telephone connectors were created by AT&T in the mid-1960s for the plug-in handset and line cords of the Trimline telephone. [1] Driven by demand for multiple sets in residences with various lengths of cords, the Bell System introduced customer-connectable part kits and telephones, sold through PhoneCenter stores in the early 1970s. [2]

  3. List of telephone switches - Wikipedia

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    EMS-1 (The ITEC Electronic Modular Switch is an electronic direct control switching system. The modules are combined to form a complete switch or any of the modules can be added to your present Step-by-Step Systems.) EMS-2 (The EMS-2 RURAL SWITCH is a stored program control analog switch designed to be cost-effective in small exchanges.

  4. Trimline telephone - Wikipedia

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    A 220 Trimline rotary desk phone, showing the innovative rotary dial with moving fingerstop Early Touch Tone Trimline with round buttons and clear plastic backplate and round non-modular handset cord Redesigned touch-tone desk model Trimline, manufactured on January 9, 1985 The Trimline 2225, one of the last phones made at the Indianapolis Works in 1986 Early foreign made Trimline, December ...

  5. Western Electric hand telephone sets - Wikipedia

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    The handset mounting is either a desk-top stand to cradle and secure the handset when not in use, or a small box mounted against a vertical surface or wall that featured a switch-hook for hanging the handset. Other American and foreign telephone manufacturers had already produced this type of telephone, often referred to as French phone.

  6. Telephone jack and plug - Wikipedia

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    telephone cord to telephone set base: This connection is generally not regulated, but instead follows de facto standards. It is often a 6P4C connector, which is often RJ11, but may be proprietary or hardwired. telephone set base to handset cord: By de facto standard, this is usually a 4P4C connector.

  7. Telephone hook - Wikipedia

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    A telephone hook or switchhook is an electrical switch which indicates when the phone is hung up, often with a lever or magnetic button inside the cradle or base where a telephone handset resides. It takes its name from old wooden wall telephones and candlestick telephones , where the mouthpiece was mounted on the telephone box and, due to ...

  8. Telephone switchboard - Wikipedia

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    PBX switchboard, 1975. A telephone switchboard is a device used to connect circuits of telephones to establish telephone calls between users or other switchboards. The switchboard is an essential component of a manual telephone exchange, and is operated by switchboard operators who use electrical cords or switches to establish the connections.

  9. Model 302 telephone - Wikipedia

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    Black telephone sets were equipped from the factory with straight brown textile-covered cords until 1952, when synthetic rubber jacketed cords became standard equipment. Optional retractile coiled cords were available both in textile and rubber jackets since the early 1940s. The 302 was a rugged and easily repaired desk telephone.