[GreenKeys] Re: [Off Topic] Looking for WECO keypad

[Larry Tighe]

Prison should read "jail", Don.  I know him well and he used it at his home 
on Long Island and at the college dorm in NYC.    The coppers came and took 
him right out of the family house while he was using it!!  He was a good 
friend of Bernie Goetz....the one who shot the teenage robbers on the subway 
and could have gotten away with it!!! (all totally prenthetical to the "box" 
:>)

Theft of Service was the charge.....of course, we all end up paying for 
those who take "a free fone call" or take a free anything.

Lar


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Robert House" <drhouse at nadcomm.com>
To: <sdaitch at ibb.gov>
Cc: "Teletype Friends" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Re: [Off Topic] Looking for WECO keypad


> YES Sheldon, I know.  If the man is making a mockup it should not  make 
> any difference.
> The military dial pad looks a lot like the MF pad used by operators.   He 
> would just have to put different labels on.
> I have never liked the pop culture that wanted to defraud the  telephone 
> companies.
> A few actually went to prison, for what....?? A few free phone  calls... 
> DUMB
>
> Don
>
>
> On 7 Mar 2006, at 11:07 PM, sdaitch at ibb.gov wrote:
>
> Don,
>
> one minor point is that the 16 digit DTMF pad used different
> tone pairs from the MF dialing used by the blueboxes, unless the
> telco version was set up for the same tone pairs required by
> the toll switching equipment.
>
> Sheldon
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Robert House <drhouse at nadcomm.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 1:36 pm
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Re: [Off Topic] Looking for WECO keypad
>
>> Sellam,
>>
>> The 16 button dial pads are collectors items and hard to come by.
>>
>> They were used mostly by the military and in telephone test boards.
>>
>> Try:
>> Murphy's Surplus
>> Mike Murphy
>> 401 N. Johnson Ave
>> El Cajon, CA 92020
>> www.murphyjunk.com
>> 619 444 7717
>> FAX 444 6750
>> EMAIL murphy at cts.com
>>
>> also:
>> Electronic Dimensions
>> Glen Galati
>> 424 Puyallup Ave.
>> Tacoma, WA 98421
>> 206-272-1061
>> www.el-dim.com
>> EMAIL eldim at att.net
>>
>> also:
>> Mike Sandman
>> Roselle, IL
>> 630-980-7710
>> www.sandman.com
>> EMAIL mike at sandman.com
>>
>> Make sure yours is a fake.  The devices are still illegal even
>> though
>> they will no longer work on most networks.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>> On 7 Mar 2006, at 4:49 AM, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> I hope the folks here might lead me in the right direction.
>>
>> I'm doing a replica project whereby I'll be constructing a functional
>> facsimile of the infamous Woz Blue Box, as pictured here:
>>
>> http://www.xs4all.nl/~robinv/digitaldecay/beeld/bluebox.jpg
>>
>> As such, I'll need the keypad shown in the photo, which I'm told was
>> manufactured by WECO.  Does anyone have one, or know where I can
>> get
>> one?
>> I'm willing to pay a reasonable amount to get one.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage
>> Computer
>> Festival
>>
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