Ety @ Neon CityPhoneLab Benchtop: H2TU-C (and H2TU-R) First Powerup
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ety://glyphscribeTIL ISDN was sometimes patched between equipment locally via DB15 plugs.
Like, it did seem weird that the T1 BERT had such a plug on it, but had previously chalked it up to some proprietary silliness.
Turns out, nope. It gets so much more wild west than wire wrap and bantam.
Torsten RoederHeute in der hybriden Vortragsreihe "Hack & Play": Christian Schröter @Christianvater spricht über "Digitale Souveränität". Wir freuen uns auf eine inspirierende Diskussion! Infos unter https://hacknplay2026.rtrlb.de #ccc #retrolab #hacknplay2026 #digitalhumanities #FAIRdata
Aaaaaand now we have a baby little ADSL DSLAM in the CO homelab :3
ET&Y is now offering very competitive rates for home internet services (limit 12 customers only, actual speeds may vary). 
Really really need to pick up a telecom rack to stuff all this year into; the table is getting cramped and we don't even have the DSX patchbay, HDSL mechanics shelf, or -48V plant supply in there yet.
#HomeLab #VoiceLab #RetroLab #OtherNetworks #Telecommunications
Other than some framing and signalling silliness on the span, we have a working circuit and channel bank now.
https://neon.cybre.stream/w/pd5XGMwHtCvcBtiafw166W
The silliness pervades. 
(caution, video contains loud ringing)
T1 Ringdown Test
Well that's the first 66-block I've punched down in about 20 years. Let's get this T1 rolling :D
Aurelia Brandenburg @hekabeohnename spricht heute um 16h in der hybriden Vortragsreihe "Hack & Play" über deutschen Spielejournalismus und den Mythos von Gaming als Männerdomäne. Infos unter https://hacknplay2026.rtrlb.de #retrocomputing #retrolab #hacknplay2026 #retrogaming #digitalhumanities
Wonder if there would be any interest in [FPV] streaming some retro CO phone lab tinkering.
In continued phone-nerdery: Welcome to the Tandem Straylight.
Let's get some old CO gear talking to each other 
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In der Hybrid-Vortragsreihe "Hack & Play", die heute um 16 Uhr startet, begrüßen wir als ersten Gast Moritz Feichtinger (@feichtimo), der über sein laufendes Forschungsprojekt "Computing the Social" (www.computingthesocial.net) zur Geschichte der datenbankgestützten Bevölkerungskontrolle im Vietnamkrieg referieren wird. Weitere Infos unter: https://hacknplay2026.rtrlb.de/ #vietnam #punchcards #retrocomputing #retrolab #hacknplay2026
