BBC SFX
010-Communications
1987
sound clip

#    Title    Time    Info  
1 BT Phone-statesman model, 10 rings and pick-up 0:35
2 BT Phone-viscount model, 12 rings and pick-up 0:42
3 BT Dial Payphone-call dialled [9 digits] 0:24
4 BT Dial Payphone-money inserted 0:07
5 BT Dial Payphone-receiver replaced normally 0:07
6 BT Dial Payphone-receiver replaced more forcefully 0:07
7 BT Dial Payphone-telephone ringing in callbox 0:30
8 BT button Payhone-money inserted and call made [9 digits] 0:17
9 BT button Payhone-receiver replaced and coins returned 0:10
10 BT button Payhone-telephone ringing in callbox 0:30
11 BT lines & Tones-dial payphone-pips 0:22
12 BT lines & Tones-pushbutton payhone-pips 0:13
13 BT lines & Tones-International line noise w metering 1:04
14 BT lines & Tones-STD line noise wth faint crosstalk 1:04
15 BT lines & Tones-local line noise 1:03
16 BT lines & Tones-BT ringtones 0:33
17 BT lines & Tones-PABX ringtones, phone answered 0:35
18 BT lines & Tones-3 STD rings, phone answered with pip 0:22
19 BT lines & Tones-4 STD rings, phone answered with pip 0:22
20 BT lines & Tones-called party rings off, STD line 0:07
21 BT lines & Tones-caller rings off, local line, with 3.5 tone 0:48
22 BT lines & Tones-engaged signal 0:40
23 BT lines & Tones-equipment [system] engaged 0:25
24 BT lines & Tones-number unobtainable 0:34
25 BT lines & Tones-group of dialing pulses from phone 0:17
26 BT Equipment-crossbar electromechanical exchange 2:03
27 BT Equipment-strawger callmaker ad line tester, running 2:03
28 BT Equipment-strawger electromechanical exchange 2:03
29 BT Equipment-telephone operators, jackfield switchroom 2:03
30 Fax, Telex, Computers-typing text into a computer 2:04
31 Fax, Telex, Computers-disc drive operating 0:16
32 Fax, Telex, Computers-2 keystrokes and bleeps [mistaken input] 0:07
33 Fax, Telex, Computers-amstrad dot-matrix printer, printing 1:43
34 Fax, Telex, Computers-epson dot-matrix printer, switch-on and pr... 0:31
35 Fax, Telex, Computers-juki daisywheel printer, swicth-on and pri... 1:20
36 Fax, Telex, Computers-olivetti praxis 35 typewriter, switch-on 0:07
37 Fax, Telex, Computers-olivetti, paragraph indent and type 1:25
38 Fax, Telex, Computers-transtel teleprinters in news area 2:02
39 Printing & Copiers-rex stencil duplacator run by hand 0:58
40 Printing & Copiers-rex stencil duplicator run electrically 1:06
41 Printing & Copiers-small photocopier, six copies made 0:21
42 Printing & Copiers-large collator/copier-start, run and stop 2:23
43 Printing & Copiers-linotype machine, operator's persp 2:03
44 Printing & Copiers-linotype hall with proofing machines 2:15
45 Printing & Copiers-cosser letterpress-cutters being adjusted 1:38
46 Printing & Copiers-cosser letterpress-start, run and stop 2:05
47 Printing & Copiers-singlewidth web-offset press-run 2:03
48 Printing & Copiers-doublewidth web-offset press 2:15
49 Printing & Copiers-doublewidth press-start run and stop 4:10
50 Postal-automatic letter sorter, start run and stop 2:17
51 Time signals-GTS [before Jan 1st 1972] 0:14
52 Time signals-GTS [Jan 1st 1972 onward] 0:06
Total time 52:52