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Before RJ11 connectors, phones in the USA were not hardwired, at least not where I was from. There was a 4-prong, large plastic beige connector. When RJ11 becam
by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
Before RJ11 connectors, phones in the USA were not hardwired, at least not where I was from. There was a 4-prong, large plastic beige connector. When RJ11 became popular, I remember converters from this old 4-prong to the new RJ11 “modular jack” as it was colloquially called.
Pic: https://www.oldphoneshop.com/products/4-prong-plug-telephone-jack-ivory-original.html https://www.oldphoneshop.com/products/4-prong-plug-telephone...
- atdrummond 5y agoIt definitely depended on where you were in the US. For some comparison, our home in Quincy, Illinois (built in 1895) did not have a No. 283 four pin setup like you linked; instead, the original phones were hardwired into the walls and the copper. Conversely, my grandparents’ home in Morton, IL had the 283 plugs.