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The 1983 hotel switchboard that still lights up in Kansas City
Last weekend I stayed at a small motel off I-70 and noticed the front desk had this old Northern Telecom switchboard sitting in the corner, still plugged in. The owner said it was the original from when the place opened in 1983, and they use it as a backup whenever the digital phone system acts up. It makes this wonderful mechanical click when you punch a line, and all the little lights still work perfectly. Has anyone else run into working phone switching gear that's just been left humming for decades?
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