---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190929191901.GA30459@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:19:01 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink outage affects Jefferson City customers Some Jefferson City customers experienced disruptions to CenturyLink internet service Monday. All services were restored at approximately 1:45 p.m., company representative Michael Baker told the News Tribune in an email. http://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2019/sep/23/centurylink-outage-affecting-jefferson-city-customers/796466/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <adea7a9e-d117-4ab3-83f5-e1e6a7db77de@googlegroups.com> Date: 28 Sep 2019 12:21:41 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History Western Electric music systems The Western Electric company used to sell commercial sound systems. Here are 1948 ads for Western Electric recorded music and radio for onboard railroad train use. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wl5CAQAAIAAJ&dq=remington%20rand%20kardex%20'modern%20railroads'&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=Wl5CAQAAIAAJ&dq=remington%20rand%20kardex%20'modern%20railroads'&pg=RA2-PA20#v=onepage&q&f=false Here is a 1929 ad for hospital use. https://books.google.com/books?id=FSgDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP2&dq=western%20electric%20music&pg=PP2#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2088b7b5-e058-4d97-b976-6c2dd0a6b7a2@googlegroups.com> Date: 28 Sep 2019 12:50:46 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History 100 years ago Western Electric home appliances 100 years ago Western Electric made dishwashers, as shown by this ad in Popular Science. https://books.google.com/books?id=APhRAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22popular%20science%22%20%22western%20electric%22&pg=RA2-PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false They also made vacuum cleaners: https://books.google.com/books?id=BikDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA90&dq=%22popular%20science%22%20%22western%20electric%22&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false And a washing machine (wringer) https://books.google.com/books?id=i8k2AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22popular%20science%22%20%22western%20electric%22&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q&f=false Portable sewing machine: https://books.google.com/books?id=YxlbAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22popular%20science%22%20%22western%20electric%22&pg=RA3-PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false They weren't neglecting communications. Here is an article for multiplexing messages over teletype lines. https://books.google.com/books?id=esS4AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22popular%20science%22%20%22western%20electric%22&pg=PA374#v=onepage&q&f=false Loudspeakers https://books.google.com/books?id=tCcDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&dq=%22popular%20science%22%20%22western%20electric%22&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q&f=false Lastly, a large electric text sign and the typewriter that controls it: https://books.google.com/books?id=YxlbAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22popular%20science%22%20%22western%20electric%22&pg=RA4-PA80#v=onepage&q&f=false I don't know when Western Electric got out of the home appliance business. They did stick around motion picture sound equipment for a long time. ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 30 Sep 2019