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<p>[QUOTE="Marote, post: 9742014, member: 84568"]On Ebay there's a PT-81, with the info that it's from the 50s, but no idea if that's correct. The instructions for that phone are for the PT-81, PT-81s, PT-82 and PT-82s, so possibly the number is really just the model no. And PT seems to be 'Portable Telephone'</p><p><br /></p><p>I concur</p><p>On X there's this PT-72,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]476705[/ATTACH] with this text (according to Google Translate):</p><p>"Mobile phone PT-72</p><p>Unlike today's mobile phones, they were created at the time to serve as a means of communication at construction sites, etc., and for power/railway-related maintenance communications. This is a telephone that is carried around the premises and used by connecting to an installed line."</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course there's a year mentioned on the signs of the other 3 phones, and not on the PT sign <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marote, post: 9742014, member: 84568"]On Ebay there's a PT-81, with the info that it's from the 50s, but no idea if that's correct. The instructions for that phone are for the PT-81, PT-81s, PT-82 and PT-82s, so possibly the number is really just the model no. And PT seems to be 'Portable Telephone' I concur On X there's this PT-72, [ATTACH=full]476705[/ATTACH] with this text (according to Google Translate): "Mobile phone PT-72 Unlike today's mobile phones, they were created at the time to serve as a means of communication at construction sites, etc., and for power/railway-related maintenance communications. This is a telephone that is carried around the premises and used by connecting to an installed line." And of course there's a year mentioned on the signs of the other 3 phones, and not on the PT sign :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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