XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 6/12/2025 4:55 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-05 15:48, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >> On 2025-12-01, rbowman wrote:   
   >> rbowman>>>>> I've had no need to call 911, the equivalent to 999   
   >> rbowman>>>>> or whatever the UK emergency system uses but that   
   >> rbowman>>>>> would also be interesting.   
   >>   
   >> On 2025-12-05 11:50, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>> What's '112'??   
   >>   
   >> On 5/12/2025 10:06 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> The emergency number in most of the EU.   
   >> On 2025-12-05, Daniel70  wrote:   
   >>> Ah!! O.K., so '112' in Europe, '911' in U.S.of A., '999' in Pommieland   
   >>> and '000' here in Aus!!   
   >>   
   >> The codes used to be all over the place. In Denmark it was   
   >> 000; all the "special service codes" began with 00xx.   
   >> In the UK it was 999. Both of these were picked because they were the   
   >> longest pulse sets in the rotary dial - you wanted to avoid them being   
   >> activated accidentally when wind cause wires to hit each other.   
   >> Rotary dials existed in four layouts:   
   >> 1234567890   
   >> 9876543210   
   >> 0123456789   
   >> 0987654321   
   >   
   > I'm trying to remember a key lock that was placed in the wheel of rotary   
   > phones, if it would impede dialing 999. It would depend on the layout.   
   >   
   > https://share.google/muhXcSNmi6KY9slVM   
      
   If you click the 'X' in the top right of the Phone's picture, you are   
   taken to another page which seems to indicate that if the phone is   
   locked you cannot "Dial Out" at all.   
      
   One wonders how effective that "Phone Lock" is if you leave the key in   
   it 24/7!! ;-)   
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   Daniel70   
      
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