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Dave Moll · 20th Sep 2019, 2:22 pm

Although the DTMF version of the Direct Line promotional telephone has a case based fairly closely on that of a red GPO 782 (apart from the addition of "wheels"), the internals are entirely electronic and bear no resemblance to those of the 782. I assume the same would be true of any ten-button loop-disconnect versions that may have been produced.

If anyone actually has one of the ten-button versions, I'd love to see images of it.

Meanwhile, here is one of my twelve-button (DTMF/LD switchable) ones:

20th Sep 2019, 2:22 pm	#4
Dave Moll Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK Posts: 6,130	Re: Has anyone noticed... Although the DTMF version of the Direct Line promotional telephone has a case based fairly closely on that of a red GPO 782 (apart from the addition of "wheels"), the internals are entirely electronic and bear no resemblance to those of the 782. I assume the same would be true of any ten-button loop-disconnect versions that may have been produced. If anyone actually has one of the ten-button versions, I'd love to see images of it. Meanwhile, here is one of my twelve-button (DTMF/LD switchable) ones: Attached Thumbnails __________________ Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)