Anyone remember these?

[Pat McCotter]

Caution: Sound embedded in web page.
http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/sound/uniphone.html

Here is the WAV file.
http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/sounds/uniphone.wav

[error]

Or try about 1/2 way down this page.

The timing is wrong on these rings; they aren't quite Bellcore standard, which is most of the reason they sound funny.

[error]

Here is the WAV file.
http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/sounds/uniphone.wav

This one's not quite right either. (And the assholes at this web site have some kind of script preventing people from downloading it.)

[Pat McCotter]

Here is the WAV file.
http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/sounds/uniphone.wav

This one's not quite right either. (And the assholes at this web site have some kind of script preventing people from downloading it.)

Hmm... I downloaded it OK. (With Windows even - though to tell the truth I'm using Opera not IE)

[Kat Kanning]

But, do you remember when the only way you could get these was to rent them from the phone company?

[error]

Here is the WAV file.
http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/sounds/uniphone.wav

This one's not quite right either. (And the assholes at this web site have some kind of script preventing people from downloading it.)

Hmm... I downloaded it OK. (With Windows even - though to tell the truth I'm using Opera not IE)

OK, then they're just incompetent morons.

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But, do you remember when the only way you could get these was to rent them from the phone company?

Yes, I remember this. It was really obnoxious.

[David]

But, do you remember when the only way you could get these was to rent them from the phone company?

My folks rented a big yellow rectangular box phone.  For years.