I assume they knew precisely which cable was where and all that. I bet it was all labelled with handwritten notes (probably cursive) and they must've had a ledger book etc. Pretty fascinating stuff to think about tbh.
Before fiber/digital (able to carry multiple call streams on the same physical conduit), when all phones were analog on copper, this is how all telephones were wired, just with smaller wires all bundled together, and often buried underground.
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That makes early fears of power and telephone cables eating the city and everyone in it more understandable.
Makes me wonder if Valve saw that and got some inspiration for Half Life...
I had the same thought! Immediately pictured the very beginning of HL:Alyx
Hey Mr Technician, there's a wire disconnected
Where? Which one?
I don't know :(
I assume they knew precisely which cable was where and all that. I bet it was all labelled with handwritten notes (probably cursive) and they must've had a ledger book etc. Pretty fascinating stuff to think about tbh.
lol .... imagine reporting into work one day and realizing the ledger or handwritten notes have been lost, burned, destroyed or missing
Don't cross the streams!
“A network cable is unplugged.”
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Genuine thanks OP, I had no idea it was ever like this
Now I understand where Simon Stålenhag gets the inspiration.
That thing is gorgeous I want to see something like that with my own eyes now
Ah the era before duplex/multiplexing (is that the right term?)
Before fiber/digital (able to carry multiple call streams on the same physical conduit), when all phones were analog on copper, this is how all telephones were wired, just with smaller wires all bundled together, and often buried underground.
Uhm, no. Multiplexing also existed in pure analog times.
Not quite. They figured out how to get more signals on one cable full before the digital era
In case anyone wants a brief intro to Multiplexing
Can't stop the signal, Mal.