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AC/HL · 17th May 2019, 5:49 pm

I've always known it as a Buttinski, spoken rather than written, and never gave a thought for the origin, if there was one. As I remember the old rubber ones plugged into the selectors back then, but the modern ones (AKA banana phones) plug into Krone blocks nowadays.

17th May 2019, 5:49 pm	#15
AC/HL Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 9,642	Re: "Butt" 'phone I've always known it as a Buttinski, spoken rather than written, and never gave a thought for the origin, if there was one. As I remember the old rubber ones plugged into the selectors back then, but the modern ones (AKA banana phones) plug into Krone blocks nowadays.