Capri: The Rule Breaker

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Monday 28 July 2008 07:27, Mike Loewen wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Eric Smith wrote:
> > Jason T wrote:
> >> As long as the rule is "no smoking in the machine room:"
> >
> > Who says there's no smoking in the machine room?  One of the largest
> > computer systems ever built, the AN/FSQ-7, had operator consoles with
> > built-in ashtrays.
>
>     ...and cigarette lighters!
>
> http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Ashtray.jpg

What was the rotary dial in that pic for?

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