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

[sdaitch at ibb.gov]

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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