[GreenKeys] Was Model 40 - GE Terminet 300

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Yes, I remember the Terminets. They replaced the 28's at Illinois State 
Police radio.

-w9ts, E36736


On 6/13/2020 11:57 AM, John wrote:
>
> In the late 70s I found 3 GE Terminet 300 terminals on a pallet at a 
> local surplus yard - I paid $100 for them and they were kind enough to 
> fork them onto my truck.
>
> Got them home, found 2 worked, and actually ordered the manuals from 
> GE (another $75). I used them a long time with BBSes and the primitive 
> online services of the day, plus a friend was a long-lines engineer 
> for (Big Phone Company) and he showed me several phone numbers that 
> dialed in to various remote reporting and maintenance sites. No 'evil' 
> was done, but I had a blast watching the ebb and flow of big central 
> offices as various things went wrong, broke, and were fixed remotely.
>