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English: 1978 Motorola Radio Beeper/Pager. Used in New York City. No display; when you are paged, it beeped to tell you to call a predetermined phone number. |
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| Author | Eosrei |
This pager was used by Frank Covich a management consultant during projects at Mt. Sinai Medical Center NYC and Onieda Silversmiths Upstate NY in late 1978/1979. its signal came from the empire state building and had a long range. A person would call the answering services, the services would beep to call in for messages.
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