|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Vintage Telephony and Telecomms Vintage Telephones, Telephony and Telecomms Equipment |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
19th Feb 2022, 9:56 pm
|
#1 |
|
Octode
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.
Posts: 1,227
|
BT landline phones 1980?
I used these until taking out my BT landline five years ago. Can anyone date them and will they work with modern lines? The second I have marked ‘ pulse dial only’ and is called a Viscount.
|
|
|
19th Feb 2022, 10:55 pm
|
#2 | |
|
Dekatron
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Penrith, Cumbria, UK.
Posts: 3,687
|
Re: BT landline phones 1980?
Quote:
Yes, they'll work on a modern line. I have a twenty-memory version on my bedside table. A more modern version was made with a streamlined case, but weren't built as well as your version. You might find the 'mute' button useful as if you use it in a noisy environment the mic is quite sensitive and the side-tone will get very loud. The other BT instrument will work fine too.
__________________
Regds, Russell W. B. G4YLI. |
|
|
|
|
19th Feb 2022, 11:24 pm
|
#3 |
|
Nonode
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Stockport, Cheshire, UK.
Posts: 2,002
|
Re: BT landline phones 1980?
I remember my Aunt & Uncle had a Viscount just like this one, they didn't know they were still paying rent on it even though it was replaced by a newer phone they had bought.
Even when they cancelled the rental BT still wanted it back rather than offer them a token price for it!
__________________
Hello IT: Have you Tried Turning It Off & On Again? |
|
|
|
20th Feb 2022, 12:54 am
|
#4 |
|
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK.
Posts: 142
|
Re: BT landline phones 1980?
I had a bright green viscount installed in 1986 in my tiny loft bedsit! Green being my favourite colour, I ordered it at the BT sales centre (Was it 150?) thinking it would be perhaps a darker shade! However it was really bright green - & I loved it, wish I still had it.....Those were really happy days, young. single & full of life!
|
|
|
|
20th Feb 2022, 9:16 am
|
#5 | |
|
Dekatron
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: West Cumbria (CA13), UK
Posts: 6,127
|
Re: BT landline phones 1980?
Quote:
__________________
Mending is better than Ending (cf Brave New World by Aldous Huxley) |
|
|
|
20th Feb 2022, 10:26 am
|
#6 |
|
Octode
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.
Posts: 1,227
|
Re: BT landline phones 1980?
Thanks everyone.
|
|
|
|
20th Feb 2022, 11:08 am
|
#7 |
|
Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK.
Posts: 6,865
|
Re: BT landline phones 1980?
As these are now for sale I'll close this thread
 Cheers Mike T
__________________
Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to  Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk |
|
|
