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AE Styleline
AE Styleline
Automatic Electric
Nixon's White House Phone
Nixon's White House Phone
Western Electric
Telcer "BoBo" phone
Telcer "BoBo" phone
First 'plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown, NJ
First 'plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown, NJ
PDF: AT&T Annual Report 1969
AT&T Annual Report 1969
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Photo: Panasonic dual-cassette answering machine
Panasonic dual-cassette answering machine
Video: Nixon calls Armstrong/Aldrin on the moon
Nixon calls Armstrong/Aldrin on the moon
Boyle and Smith invent the charge-coupled device, a chip that transforms light into electrical info
Willard Boyle George E. Smith
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Video: Pollution (Western Electric)
Pollution (Western Electric)
Thompson and Ritchie develop the UNIX operating system
Brian Kernighan Dennis Ritchie Ken Thompson
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Video: Lily Tomlin makes calls on Laugh In ('One Ringy Dingy')
Lily Tomlin makes calls on Laugh In ('One Ringy Dingy')
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