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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Remember those desktop calculators by
Smith-Corona-Marchant, Burroughs and Frieden. Key in the correct
calculation then listen to the march rhythm. I must be getting old.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take care,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=grichter@asapnet.net href="mailto:grichter@asapnet.net">Grant
Richter</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=synth1@airmail.net
href="mailto:synth1@airmail.net">Paul Schreiber</A> ; <A
title=CHoaglin@aol.com href="mailto:CHoaglin@aol.com">CHoaglin@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl
href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl">synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:48
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [sdiy] Re: WAY OT humour - New
synth DIY site ?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I knew a software engineer who programmed a big relay array to
play tunes - sort of. Just clicking but what a rhythm box! You could recognize
"Shave and a haircut" and "Happy Birthday".<BR><BR>Boredom does strange things
to people on their lunch hour....<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>HA! I designed a 672 channel telephone SLIC system (analog
phone to T1). Each channel had 6 <BR>Aromat relays (3 for line, 3 for
remote testing). That's 4032 per rack. The average central <BR>office
had 64 racks or 258,048 relays. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Funny, I thought
these were usually used in outside plant enclosures, the 5 foot wide white
boxes, for doing pair gain out miles away from the CO instead of running
lots of copper. <BR><BR>-<BR><BR><FONT face="Century Schoolbook">You need
them at *both ends* :)<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Century Schoolbook">SLC-96 and DMS-100 are typical pair-gain channel
banks.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face="Century Schoolbook">Paul
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