Comments by "American Spirit" (@americanspirit8932) on "PeriscopeFilm" channel.

When I first started working for Western Electric back in 1963, I was in the program starting in 1964 learning, about digital electronic switching. Up first electronic switching system was called number one ESS Electronics, then my education continued learning all about tsps traffic service position systems, along with, ETS, electronic translator system, then number four, ESS All Digital electronic switching system, then my education continued, with the Laboratories, number five ESS the first digital fiber optic switching system. Many many years in School, learning Unix, that's the operating system for the current systems. Unlike people think mainframe computers, those are toys in comparison. 36 years service with the Bell System, they were a fantastic company, until in my opinion the breakup in 1984, by judge green. Breaking the system up into seven independent operating systems.
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I work for Western Electric from 1963 February 3rd until I retired with 36 years service I work primarily on number one ESS, ETS, tsps, number for ESS electronic switching digital and number 5 SS fiber-optic switching. It was a great company to work for started out as Weston and then retired out of AT&T
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I owned a Volkswagen, diesel Dasher, I believe the year was 1980. Great mileage ran great, but I had a major problem. The timing chain broke and blew the rods through the top of the engine. It was never brought to my attention however they mentioned in the owner's manual naturally I found out afterwards that you have to adjust the timing chain after 60,000 miles. At the time General Motors had a thing where they converted gas 350 engines into Diesel and they had all sorts of problems. When I try to sell the Dasher nobody even wanted to touch it. I ended up buying a Volkswagen Rabbit gas engine, just for transportation. At that time I would put anywhere from the 60 to approximately 100,000 miles per year on my cars. What years later in early 2000s 2002 to be exact I bought it Diesel Pusher high-end motorhome with a cat C 7 engine. Great motorhome fantastic engine never had an ounce of trouble, I was getting anywhere from 7:00 to maybe sometimes 10:00 or 11 miles on a gallon at that time. I drove around the United States and Canada in my motorhome with my dog for approximately 7 and 1/2 years. I really had time to see how great country and Canada. Again just my little dog Felix he was a Maltese may he rest in peace, and myself just the two of us. By the way Felix was my best buddy. When he passed away I cried more for him, than my own twin brother. I am sure all dog lovers will understand my comment. May they both rest in peace. Today's date is August 25th 2022.
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That was a joke when I asked Mrs Durant not to answer the phone, they would say there were men working on your line and they could get electrocuted. Thank you for your cooperation. No sooner put down the phone on the receiver, and the phone would ring, instinctually she picked it up, in the central office or in the streets where the cables were a person would yell, like they were being electrocuted. And the person that was just told not to answer the phone you would hear her scream back in Fright thinking that she just electrocuted somebody. That was it common, prank. Everybody would laugh their heads off, was accepted Mrs Durant, she thought she just electrocuted the lineman. You need to sense of humor.
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@royd5323 plain ordinary telephone service
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I believe that other building, is West Street? It certainly looks like it.
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Just remember digital technology was developed in Bell labs, starting with the transistor. Fiber optic digital switching number five digital electronic switching system fiber optics, developed, in Bell Laboratories.
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@royd5323 after the step central office equipment, they had number one crossbar then number five crossbar, after that they had number one ESS, electronic switching systems, at the same time we had tsps, traffic service position systems, this is what replaced the whole telephone switchboards or as we call them in the business a boards., at the same time we had ETS, electronic translator system, electronically controlled T1 carrier systems, then we had number four ESS, that was a electronic switching system digital All Digital, then we had number five ESS, this was the first, digital fiber optic system. I hope this gives you some idea of the progress of the systems.
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The ringing generator, was in the basement of the central office, it put out 109 volts.
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You can tell this clip was made many years after that. If you look at the wires going to the telephone receiver, they are curled, I believe that was started in the mid 50s?.
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