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  1. I recently scored three dell thin clients for under £8 each.

    Spec is similar ballpark to a raspberry pi, but with an x86 chipset and so much cheaper!

    One of them will become a standalone #speakingClock system for the #DeanForestRailway #strowger #telephoneExchange (replacing a #museum exhibit that went offline in ~ 2019)

    One of them will probably become a remote control host for my #icom #ic7300

    The last one is likely to be kept as a spare for now, unless I can come up with another project.

  2. Another day at the #DeanForestRailway working on the #UAX13 #strowger #ElectroMechanical #TelephoneExchange … today I was changing the strapping on the vertical marking bank (VMB) for some group selectors.

    The VMB is used when the selector moves vertically, to allow/deny access to certain levels.

    Here I converted a selector that allowed (89)xx to allow (34567890)xx

    This changes it from serving our museum demo phones to be suitable for use as an incoming selector from a distant exchange.

  3. I spent today at the #DeanForestRailway working on their #UAX13 #Strowger #PhoneExchange

    We’re increasing the junction capacity between Norchard and Parkend (about 3 miles away) and I needed to trace out how the existing junctions are cabled, find the existing terminating equipment, run new cables, prepare new terminating selectors…

    Yesterday was leg day at the gym, so I only got about 75% done before I couldn’t cope with the step ladder any longer!

    #phones #telephone #TelephoneExchange