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From: cdaf@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Charles Daffinger)
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Subject: Re: Bay of Eagle Fiasco
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Date: 9 Aug 89 16:33:06 GMT
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>OK, gang, another mystery from the AT&T system of the late 1960s-early 1970s:

>Once upon a time, my brother (who was about ten years old at the time) picked
>up the phone and dialed:

>1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0

>[Moderator's Note: I just now tried it of curiosity. Dialing 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
>sent me to immediate intercept with a message saying, "When dialing a call
>outside the 312 area, you must dial '1' before the number. When calling
>within 312, do not dial '1' first."    PT]

Here I got 'the number you have dialed has been disconnected or no longer in
service.  If you feel that you have dailed the correct number, please hang
up and try again.  Thank you.


-charles
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