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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* [http://archive.org/details/bstj-archives Bell System Technical Journal archives] | * [http://archive.org/details/bstj-archives Bell System Technical Journal archives] | ||
* [http://archive.org/details/bstj39-6-1381 Classic 1960 article on signaling systems] | * [http://archive.org/details/bstj39-6-1381 Classic 1960 article on signaling systems] | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://archive.org/details/Bell_System_Coin_Service_Manual_Dec_1972 Bell System Coin Service Manual (1972)] - Everything you wanted to know about old-fashioned pay phones |
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| + | === Other info on how phones work === | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/dial-up-handshaking-illustrate.html Dial-up handshaking illustrated] | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/dial-up-handshaking-illustrate.html Dial-up handshaking illustrated] | ||
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* [http://gizmodo.com/5994589/why-your-cell-phone-doesnt-have-a-dial-tone Why your cell phone doesn't have a dial tone] | * [http://gizmodo.com/5994589/why-your-cell-phone-doesnt-have-a-dial-tone Why your cell phone doesn't have a dial tone] | ||
| + | * [http://www.b3ta.com/links/what_I_do_when_Im_not_on_here Video: Making phone call through 1950s electromechanical exchanges] | ||
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| + | === Unusual phones === | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/fences-as-primitive-phone-netw.html Fences as primitive phone networks] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/03/26/diy-cellphone.html DIY cell phone] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/05/howto-make-an-intercom-out-of.html HOWTO make an intercom out of obsolete corded phones] | ||
| + | * [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/Theres-a-1200-year-old-Phone-in-the-Smithsonian-Collections-231152081.html 1200-year-old telephone] | ||
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* [http://www.avclub.com/articles/huey-lewis-and-phone-phreaking-with-phil-lapsley,97397/ Interview about phone phreaking] | * [http://www.avclub.com/articles/huey-lewis-and-phone-phreaking-with-phil-lapsley,97397/ Interview about phone phreaking] | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2013/06/11/animation-about-cell-phone-dat.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Cell phone data mining] | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/06/11/animation-about-cell-phone-dat.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Cell phone data mining] | ||
* [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4006 Exploding the Phone] | * [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4006 Exploding the Phone] | ||
* [http://mentalfloss.com/article/52482/telecommunications-1990s-according-1969 1990s telecommunications as predicted in 1969] | * [http://mentalfloss.com/article/52482/telecommunications-1990s-according-1969 1990s telecommunications as predicted in 1969] | ||
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* [http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/10/meet-the-robot-telemarketer-who-denies-shes-a-robot/ Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She’s A Robot] | * [http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/10/meet-the-robot-telemarketer-who-denies-shes-a-robot/ Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She’s A Robot] | ||
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* [http://mentalfloss.com/article/55380/adorably-perplexed-kids-react-rotary-phones Adorably Perplexed Kids React to Rotary Phones] | * [http://mentalfloss.com/article/55380/adorably-perplexed-kids-react-rotary-phones Adorably Perplexed Kids React to Rotary Phones] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/05/12/phone-tips-from-1965-womans.html Phone tips from 1965 Woman's National Skateboard Champion] | ||
Revision as of 23:26, 13 May 2014
Since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it has been a major feature in our lives, evolving from wired "Plain Old Telephone Service" (POTS) to now support a whole range of mobile phone protocols and Internet-based Voice Over IP (VOIP). AT&T introduced picturephones in 1964, but they didn't catch on then; however, various forms of video chatting are now commonplace to accompany traditional voice-only telephony.
- Fax machine
- Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
- Modem
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
- Telephone numbering
See also Address books and contacts for formats used to store contact lists on mobile phones, and Audio and Music and Video for formats used to store sounds and moving images.
Contents |
External links
Technical documentation
- Bell System Technical Journal archives
- Classic 1960 article on signaling systems
- Bell System Coin Service Manual (1972) - Everything you wanted to know about old-fashioned pay phones
Other info on how phones work
- Dial-up handshaking illustrated
- Why your cell phone doesn't have a dial tone
- Video: Making phone call through 1950s electromechanical exchanges
Unusual phones
- Fences as primitive phone networks
- DIY cell phone
- HOWTO make an intercom out of obsolete corded phones
- 1200-year-old telephone
