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Started by Fabius, June 10, 2017, 10:47:37 AM

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Fabius

This board appears to be an answering service board? The wood cubbyholes on top of the switchboard appear to be for messages? But what model is it? Thanks.

http://tinyurl.com/ydced7bp
Tom Vaughn
La Porte, Indiana
ATCA Past President
ATCA #765
C*NET 1+ 821-9905

Alex G. Bell

557B, which uses single ended "gutless wonder" cord circuits that have no relay equipment and cannot complete connections between jacks, only connect the attendant to an incoming call.  The cords have cord reels like a panel phone rather than pulleys with weights like other switchboards.   

Note that the 557A is essentially a slightly modified 555, with double ended cord circuits which DO have relay equipment and CAN complete connections between pairs of jacks but the jacks terminate CO lines, not telephones and light when ringing is present, not when a handset is taken off hook.

Fabius

Thanks. So an answering service board?
Tom Vaughn
La Porte, Indiana
ATCA Past President
ATCA #765
C*NET 1+ 821-9905

Alex G. Bell

Quote from: Fabius on June 10, 2017, 01:25:07 PM
Thanks. So an answering service board?
Definitely and only.  A 557A can be used as a PBX by adding EXT jacks.  Not so for a 557B.  Common to have emergency phones such as in elevators terminate in a nearby answering service.  Doable with a 557A but not a B.

Answering service swbds also have a large area around the customer line jacks to write in an "answering phrase".

TelePlay

Seller added internal photos and dropped the price a bit.

Fabius

Seller posted pictures of the interior.  Now I know how this type of board's equipment looks
Tom Vaughn
La Porte, Indiana
ATCA Past President
ATCA #765
C*NET 1+ 821-9905

Victor Laszlo

Now all you need is to buy it and get 100 of your closest friends to subscribe to your new answering bureau.