tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post3513799335047389004..comments2024-03-28T11:38:44.676-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: Western Union - Broadband 1963 style.PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-54204094556851859362011-09-15T10:00:48.660-05:002011-09-15T10:00:48.660-05:00I wish I had the answers. I spent literally TENS O...I wish I had the answers. I spent literally TENS OF MINUTES trying to find any specs on the capabilities of the WU/GTE system. I got nothing, as the article states. I can't tell how they transmitted pictures or any of that other fancy stuff. I bet a picture sent by wire in 1963 looked like those old ASCII graphics from the eighties, or like an image from an early fax machine. I'm sure the service cost an arm and a leg at the time, though... something you'd have to run a huge company to justify.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, Anon!PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-51440477803386168142011-09-15T09:51:13.808-05:002011-09-15T09:51:13.808-05:00I lived near Durham NC in 1970 (yeah, really) and ...I lived near Durham NC in 1970 (yeah, really) and it was one of the "32 States" served by GTE, instead of the "Ma Bell" ATT. Our phones looked weird! Like that phone without the big buttons. Definitely an odd design compared to the ubiquitous Bell Systems phones we grew up with.<br /><br />I'm just curious about what the "data" was. Is that phone hooked up to a fax machine? Does it spew out ticker tape?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-78517081827113534832011-09-14T12:01:03.034-05:002011-09-14T12:01:03.034-05:00Because your butler just carried it in and put it ...Because your butler just carried it in and put it on the table next to your chair, you barbarian!<br /><br />[-Mgmt.]PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-57047317242066355682011-09-14T11:53:51.822-05:002011-09-14T11:53:51.822-05:00Why the hell would you put a telephone on a cake p...Why the hell would you put a telephone on a cake platter?Craig F.http://yankeedriver.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-56119190158862293152011-09-13T21:24:36.056-05:002011-09-13T21:24:36.056-05:00But darling, is it yellow? I would call it flesh ...But darling, is it yellow? I would call it flesh tone, which ties in with the pornography element.Bathshiebanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-68404584434972325082011-09-13T11:05:59.162-05:002011-09-13T11:05:59.162-05:00Love the RING button. :o)Love the RING button. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-9386462035950154092011-09-13T10:29:08.429-05:002011-09-13T10:29:08.429-05:00Wu Financial. Dollar dollar bill, y'all!Wu Financial. Dollar dollar bill, y'all!Tim Twelveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11221634396946191036noreply@blogger.com