So after many years of loyal service, our answering machine finally died. And by "many years," I mean, "bought for our first apartment after college graduation." This was one of the first retail digital answering machine machines -- it's kind of amazing to read this review in the NYT from when it first came out in 1991. I bought it because it was tapeless and because it looked really cool. If you threw one of these into a (pre-digital effects) science fiction miniature prop city it wouldn't look out of place. (The only picture I could find on the web was at this page telling you how to take one apart.)
But, it finally gave up last week and refused to take any more messages. It was only when I threw it away -- ready to replace it with a cheapo Radio Shack model -- that I noticed the AT&T model number on the bottom: 1337.
Farewell, 1337 Machine!
Wait, so you didn't get my track tip? Stealth Kiwi in the fifth? You'd have made a mint!
Comment #1 :: link :: October 10, 2007 11:06 AMw00t! That's the +4 on my ZIP+4! j00 haz b33n pwn3d!
Comment #2 :: link :: October 10, 2007 10:01 PMTHANK YOU for that Times link -- that shit was mad old-school. I mean, "EPROMs"?! I think that's the first time I've read about EPROM chips since I was a teenager; and as a geek of the '80s, we used to talk about crap like that all the time.
EPROMs! Huh...
Comment #3 :: link :: October 10, 2007 11:34 PMYeah, it's like watching those AT&T "YOU WILL" commercials.
Comment #4 :: link :: October 11, 2007 10:22 PMActually, that was our *second* answering machine. When the first one died, I bought the same model again, because the spot on the shelf was too narrow for a horizontal one.
You mean they don't sell that model anymore?
Comment #5 :: link :: October 11, 2007 11:34 PMI have the same model. I guess i bought it in 1991 and it moved to CA with me in 92. Still works great, amazingly.
Comment #6 :: link :: October 22, 2007 1:13 PM
