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thanks. I remember seeing this more than once as a kid but I can't recall exactly were and I don't think any were in use.

I understood that reference.tiff

This.

The jack type is the original Bell System jack. Used to have these in the house I grew up in. We had to buy the Bell 4-pin to RJ-11 adapter for the more "modern" phone.

I confirm and corroborate.

My house was built in 1952 for my grandparents, and the phone jacks in several rooms are like this.

Kids. They just can't pull the curly cord 100' from the kitchen, down the hall, and to their room anymore.

It's either that or something else

It's a Bell 548A jack to be more precise. It's compatible with both 283B (the older square shape) and 505A (the later round shape) plugs

OH, that's the name and not the current rating! Pick up there phone, it's fucking Zeus!

I have a relative with a phone by his pool

He uses an old rotary phone for it, because it's all pretty basic electromechanical stuff that can't really get messed up from it being out in the rain or whatever. It can't make outgoing calls because modern phone systems don't work with rotary phones, but it receives incoming calls just fine

It should maybe be noted that he's an old school telephone lineman who really knows his stuff, so I don't know if there were any other adapters or anything needed to make his setup work.

No pool now but Im doing some digging and found some abandoned conduit and tons of what I think are old diy decorations so I'd say the evidence is strong there probably was.

ngl that looks like a pretty amazing place to live. Love that look