Coin/Pay Telephones, Lines and Signaling
(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
Technical Specifications
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Rural Electrification Administration Telephone Engineering and
Construction Manual, Section 703, "Pay Station Services", Issue No. 3,
January 1977.
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U.S. Independent Telephone Association (USITA)/AT&T meetings minutes
for the following meetings-topics: 5-24, 9-24, 9-49, 10-35, 11-35,
16-35, 18-35, 18-49, 26-24, 31-17, 31-24, 31-35, 34-24, 36-24, 37-24,
37-31, 39-24, 40-24; NPL 7-9.
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"Paystation Services", L. L. Ruggles (Chief Telephone Engineer,
Automatic Electric Company), pages 13-31, Automatic Electric Technical
Journal (?), unknown issue date (probably late 1950's).
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LSSGR sections 6.2.9 (Coin Lines), 6.3.5.4 (Wink Signals), and 6.4.1.6
(Inband Coin Control and Ringback).
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LSSGR FSD 10-01-0000, Coin Service.
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LSSGR FSD 10-08-0000, Expanded Inband Signaling.
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LSSGR FSD 10-09-0000, Improved Public Telephone Service.
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Notes on Distance Dialing 1968, AT&T, Section 4, paragraphs 5.14 (Coin
Denomination Tones), 5.15 (Coin Collect Tone), 5.16 (Coin Return
Tone), and 6.04-6.05 (Coin Collect and Coin Return).
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Notes on Distance Dialing 1975, AT&T, Section 5, paragraphs 9.13-9.15
(Coin Tones), 10.06-10.11 (Ringback), 10.12-10.14 (Coin Collect and
Coin Return), 10.15 (Inband Coin Control), and 10.16-10.17 (Multiple
Wink Coin Control).
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Notes On The Network 1980, AT&T, Section 5, paragraph 11.20 (Coin
Tones); Table T, items 11 (Deposit Coin Tone), 32 (Coin Denomination
Tones), 33 (Coin Collect Tone), 34 (Coin Return Tone), 35 (Coin Return
Test Tone); Table U, items 11 (Deposit Coin Tone), 32 (Coin
Denomination Tones), 33 (Coin Collect Tone), 34 (Coin Return Tone), 35
(Coin Return Test Tone).
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Coin Crafts' Manual (Bell System), Issue 2, August 1978 (contains
reprints of various Bell System Practices, and some original
material).
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Bell System Practice 506-100-120, 1C/2C-Type Coin Telephone Set,
Detailed Description.
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Bell System Practice xxx-xxx-xxx, 1D/2D-Type Coin Telephone Set,
Detailed Description.
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Bell System Practice xxx-xxx-xxx, 1E-Type Coin Telephone Set, Detailed
Description, Postpay Service - Theory of operation.
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Bell System Practice 506-100-130, Coin Test Line Circuit.
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Bell System Practice 506-101-101, Coin Telephone 1A1, Identification
and Operation.
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Bell System Practice 506-410-402, 1D/2D Type Coin Telephone Sets -
(DTF Only) - Installation, Conversion, Maintenance, and Connections,
Issue 2, August 1980 (a Task Oriented Practice).
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AT&T Recommendation Letter RL-79-09-413, "Enablement of TOUCH-TONE
Dials", September 28 1979, and attached notes.
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GTE Coin Telephone Handbook, CHB-130 (collection of various GTE
Practices related to coin telephones).
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GTE Practice 476-002-200, Coin Telephone Coin Level Volume Sensor.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-201-100 (Issue 1, March
1963), Description - A.E. Co. Local Prepay Paystations.
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GTE Practice 476-201-100 (Issue 5, August 1978), Type 120A Single-Slot
Coin Telephone Set, Description and Installation.
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GTE Practice 476-201-101, Type 120B Single-Slot Coin Telephone Set
Description and Installation.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-202-100, Description - A.E.
Co. Prepay Paystations.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-202-101, A.E. Co. Prepay
Coin Telephone Sets Equipped With Single-Coil Coin Relay, Description.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-202-120, N.E. Co.
Single-Coil Coin Relay, Description.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-202-520, N.E. Co.
Single-Coil Coin Relay, Maintenance.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-202-700, Coin Telephone
Set, A.E. Co. Prepay, Maintenance.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-203-100, Description, A.E.
Co. Semi-Postpay Paystations.
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GTE Practice (General System Practice) 476-204-700, Coin Telephone
Set, A.E. Co. Local Prepay, Maintenance.
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GTE Practice 476-209-100, Multislot Coin Telephone Set Totalizer.
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GTE Practice 997-260-800, Type 120A Single-Slot Coin Telephone Set,
Shop Procedure.
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GTE Practice 997-260-801, Coin Telephone Set, Shop Procedure, Type
120A To Type 120B Conversion Instructions.
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GTE Practice 997-260-810, Type 120B Single-Slot Coin Telephone Set,
Shop Procedure.
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Northern Electric Practice 506-3221-100, Coin Telephone Sets -
"CENTURION", QSD200A, QSD201A, QSD2200A, and QSD2201A Types,
Identification and Assembly of Parts, Installation, Maintenance and
Connections.
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Northern Electric Practice 506-3221-200, "Centurion" Coin Telephone
Sets, QSD400A and QSD2400A, Prepay, Identification and Installation.
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Northern Electric Practice 506-3221-290, "Centurion" Coin Telephone
Sets, QSD400A and QSD2400A, Prepay, Installation Manual.
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Northern Electric Practice 506-3221-500, "Centurion" Coin Telephone
Sets, QSD400A and QSD2400A, Prepay, Maintenance and Assembly of Parts.
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Northern Electric Practice 506-4001-200, "Centurion" Coin Telephone
Sets, QSD401A and QSD2401A, Semipostpay, Identification and
Installation.
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Northern Electric Practice 506-4001-290, "Centurion" Coin Telephone
Sets, QSD401A and QSD2401A, Installation Manual.
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Northern Electric Practice 506-4001-500, "Centurion" Coin Telephone
Sets, QSD401A and QSD2401A, Semipostpay, Maintenance and Assembly of
Parts.
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"Operation of the QSD400A Type Prepay Coin Telephone", private paper,
author unknown.
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Field Maintenance Manual, Teletek Model 103 Paystation.
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"Installation Instructions For The North Model N-103 Coin Telephone".
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"N103 Coin Telephone Circuit Description", North Electric Co.,
662-822-121.
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"Installation Instructions, 552062 Local Prepay Adapter".
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CEECO "Single-Slot Coin Telephones".
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CEECO "Handbook of Installation and Maintenance - 200 Paystation".
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"CEECO 201 Paystation Handbook of Installation and Maintenance".
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"CEECO 202 Paystation Handbook of Installation and Maintenance".
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CEECO "Model 205 Coin Telephone Technical Manual".
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CEECO "Model 205 Coin Telephone Installation Manual".
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CEECO "Model 206 Paystation For Timed Service".
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Sales manual (brochure) for "SSC-3000 Single-Slot Coin Telephone",
Seiscor Division of Seismograph Service Corporation (a subsidiary of
Raytheon Company).
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SEISCOR Product Bulletin on SSC-3000 Public Coin Telephone.
Periodical Articles and Conference Papers
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"A New Coin-Disposal Mechanism For Pay Telephones", BLR Nov 1959 pgs
430-433.
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"A New Coin Telephone", BLR Dec 1959 pgs 464-467.
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"New Coin-Control and Ringing Techniques For End Offices", W.A.
Lindbloom (Automatic Electric Laboratories) (paper presented at the
AIEE 1962 Fall Meeting, Chicago, Illinois).
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"A Single-Slot Coin Telephone", BLR Jan 1966 pgs 20-22.
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"Improved Coin Telephone Provides Greater Range and Coin Handling
Capability", AETJ Jan 1968.
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"No Dime Needed", BLR Oct 1969 pgs 293-296.
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"Coin-Operated Telephones and Emergency Calling", AETJ Oct 1969 pgs
318-323.
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"A Single-Slot Coin Telephone", AETJ Jan 1972 pgs 2-9.
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"A New Test Line For Coin Phones", BLR May 1972 pgs 151-154.
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"Understanding the Paystation - Types, Control, Terminology,
Improvements (All In Simple English)", TE&M Jun 15 1972 pgs 54-60.
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"A Circuit That Stretches Coin Telephone Service", BLR Apr 1973 pgs
120-123.
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"Options For An Operating Company", Telesis Summer 1973 pg 34.
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"Experience Proves Coin Phones Must Be Tough", Telesis Summer 1973 pgs
35-36.
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"Clean Harmonious Design Serves Many Purposes", Telesis Summer 1973
pgs 36-38.
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"Engineering For Reduced Operating Costs", Telesis Summer 1973 pgs
39-42.
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"Automization of Coin Toll Calls and Upgrading the Coin Telephone
Service of Single Slot Paystations", NTC'73 paper 10D.
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"Coin Operated Telephones: An Analysis and Appraisal of Existing Types
Leading to a New Design Concept", EC 48:3 1973 pgs 260-268.
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"Improving Coin Service For Step-by-Step", BLR Feb 1974 pgs 41-45.
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"NT2000 Coin Telephone For Worldwide Direct Distance Dialing", EC 49:2
1974 pgs 144-148.
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"A Totalizer Kit For Multislot Coin Telephones", AETJ Jul 1974 pgs
145-146.
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"Dial Tone First Coin Service For Step-By-Step Offices", Telesis
Summer 1975 pg 63.
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"NT2000 Coin Telephone Using Microprocessor Techniques", EC 52:3 1977
pgs 213-218.
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"Universal Coin Box Family", EC 54:1 1979 pgs 70-74.
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"Coin Handling Goes Electronic", BLR Apr 1979 pgs 94-98.
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"Automated Coin Toll Service: Overall Description and Operational
Characteristics", BSTJ 58:6 Jul-Aug 1979 pgs 1207-1223.
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"Station Signaling and Announcement Subsystem: Hardware for Automated
Coin Toll Service", BSTJ 58:6 Jul-Aug 1979 pgs 1225-1249.
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"Automated Coin Toll Service: Software", BSTJ 58:6 Jul-Aug 1979 pgs
1251-1290.
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"Automated Coin Toll Service: Human Factors Studies", BSTJ 58:6
Jul-Aug 1979 pgs 1291-1305.
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"New Custom Calling Services", BLR Jun 1980 pgs 174-180.
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"Handling Coin Toll Calls - Automatically", BLR Sep 1980 pgs 256-262.
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"Sensitivity Analysis of the 47A Signal", BSTJ 59:9 Nov 1980 pgs
1747-1750 and following.
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"Payphones In the Nineteen-Eighties", British Telecommunications
Engineering, Vol. 1, Apr 1982 pgs 2-9.
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"Coin-Box Telephones", ER x:2 1983 pgs 73-79.
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"Card-Coin Telephone", JTR 25:3 Jul 1983 pgs 166-169.
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"Growing Up With Private Payphones", TE&M 92:11 Jun 1 1988 pgs 37-42.
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"A Bridge to the Future", TE&M 92:11 Jun 1 1988 pgs 52-57.
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"The Educated Payphone", TE&M 92:11 Jun 1 1988 pgs 63-70.
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"A Payphone Passage to Adventure", TE&M 92:11 Jun 1 1988 pgs 71-72.
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"The Marriage of Private and TelCo Payphones", TE&M 93:11 Jun 1 1989
pgs 29-31.
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"What's Inside Today's Payphones?", TE&M 93:11 Jun 1 1989 pgs 38-39.
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"New Pay Phones Hit the Street", Spectrum 27:5 May 1990 pgs 28-31.
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"Where to Place the 'Smarts'", TE&M 94:20 Oct 15 1990 pgs 48-50.
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"Payphones Evolve from Cash to Cards", TE&M 95:7 Apr 1 1991 pgs 55-57.