My wife and I originally planned the payphone to accept any coin denomination, from any country. Said ludicrously differently: Anyone can call anywhere in the world for free, I think I shall charge them a nickel! I don’t care what the user pays, I just want them to enjoy the experience.
If you need to stop reading and go watch ' The Lift' episode, I won't fault you. (Source: This is my memory of Tim speaking at the 2nd Maker Faire in 2007) If the user is required to put in even a trivial amount of money, they will stop to read the instructions and have a much better experience even though it cost them more.” “If a user steps up to an arcade machine that’s free to play, they just start mashing buttons and walk away bored. Payphone coin validator electronic control boardĪs Tim Hunkin (of the The Secret Life of Machines) used to say about his nickel arcade: When the correct amount of money is detected, the call is connected to the phone network. Power is provided via the phone line itself (sometimes fed by local power as well). In summary, the main controller board detects when a valid coin has passed the coin detector, and transmits tones back to the phone switch. There are incredible forums and piles of resources available ( Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, Classic Rotary Phones Forum, among many others), but as with most hobbies and bygone professions, the acronyms are impenetrable and ‘where do I start?’ tutorials are non-existent. Learning how the phone worked was another challenge.
Pay phone keypad mod#
I didn’t need a truly functional payphone since I was going to mod the heck out of it, but being able to order keys and locks along with the phone, shroud, and pedestal saved me tremendous amounts of time and frustration. To save time, but at expense, I ended up getting a PP100 with an 元1 Enclosure and floor mount pedestal for a little over $1000 shipped from. Also, it’s next to impossible to find one with locks. While there are a variety of payphones on ebay at flea markets, it’s very tricky to find a legitimately procured payphone.
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