clements@bbn.com (09/16/89)
A couple of short followups to followups to my recent posts: In volume 9, issue 376, Larry Lippman says: > > Grasshopper fuses; yuck. > While it was relatively uncommon, the 35-type "grasshopper" fuse > could actually be repaired by replacing the fuse wire! A LOT of 35-type > fuses were repaired during World War II when materials were scarce. Can > you think of a more boring job for a switchman? That's what I meant by my "Yuck". You mean you could buy grasshopper fuses that already had the wire on them? :-) And: > Whatever apparatus you had was probably built before 1930! I seem to recall some date codes on those units that said 1919. I couldn't believe it at the time (1963), but it may have been true from what you say! And John Covert commented on my comment about new-fangled #5 crossbar machines that: > "By the sixties, #5 XBar was certainly not 'new-fangled' even > in New England." Correct. I only meant new-fangled compared to most of the stuff we saw on our tours. Sorry, I worded it badly. And in volume 9, issue 364, Barry Shein selectively edited an argument I made on Directory Assistance, creating an argument I never made and which I disclaim. I stand by my posting in volume 9, issue 362. Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com