Various recordings of Step by Step, Panel, #1 Crossbar and #5 Crossbar equipment from the Connections Museum in Seattle, WA. These were made over the Collector’s network (C-Net) using an Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) via the Internet.
Number 1 Crossbar Switch Recordings
Reorder (832-0000) (February 2024)
Reorder sound from the #1 Crossbar.
Ring (832-5115) (January 2024)
Ringback sound from the #1 Crossbar.
Ring (832-5115) via #5 Crossbar DISA (January 2024)
Ringback sound from the #1 Crossbar, dialed through the #5 Crossbar.
Dial Tone (832-9999) (February 2024)
The Dial Tone from the #1 Crossbar. You also hear the Dial Tone timing out.
Not In Service Recording (February 2024)
A Not in Service recording from the #1 Crossbar.
Number 5 Crossbar Switch Recordings
Ring (232-1137) (February 2024)
Ringback sound from the #5 Crossbar.
Dial Tone and Timeout (232-9999) (February 2024)
Dial tone and time out (with a mangled recording) from the #5 Crossbar.
Panel Switch Recordings
Single Ring (722-5222) (January 2024)
Single ring, dialed direct via C-Net.
Double Ring (722-9999) (February 2024)
Double ring, dialed direct via C-Net.
Busy Signal (722-5099) (February 2024)
Busy signals on panel switches start as ring, then “answers” into a busy signal. Dialed direct via C-Net
Busy Signal (722-5099) via #1 Crossbar DISA (January 2024)
Busy signal dialed through the #1 Crossbar. Notice the inter-switch communications between the digits.
Crybaby (722-6123) (January 2024)
Crybaby (Number Unobtainable) tone.
Automated Number Announcement Circuit (ANAC) Recordings
ANAC from #1 Crossbar (February 2024)
537-1111 ANAC from 1XB then back to dial tone
ANAC from #5 Crossbar (February 2024)
537-1111 ANAC from 5XB then silence.
ANAC from both #1 and #5 Crossbar (February 2024)
537-1111 ANAC from both 1XB and 5XB
Audichron Time of Day Machine Recordings
Audichron via 1XB DISA (May 2024)
Audichron via 5XB DISA (March 2024)
Other Recordings
Supervision Test via #1XB (834-0102) (February 2024)
Other Vintage Sounds Pages
Automatic Electric Step by Step
Western Electric Crossbar
Canadian Step By Step Recordings
Miscellaneous Vintage Sounds
Main Telephone Sounds Pages
Modern Telephone Sounds
Vintage Telephone Sounds
What’s Old is New Again (vintage sounds from museums and private collections)
International Telephone Sounds
Miscellaneous Telephone Sounds
Time, Temperature and Weather Forecast Recordings
Wawina, MN Telephone Sounds
The Last Step by Step Switch on the PSTN?