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Optical Cardphone Payphones

The Landis & Gyr optical cardphone was first introduced into the UK by British Telecom (BT) in 1981. These cardphones were used as an alternative to coins to make telephone calls from public payphones. They were superseded by new 'chip' card technology in 1996. Credit card sized pieces of plastic named "BT Phonecards" were used in the payphones and were an extremely popular collectors item throughout the nineties.
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an old fashioned pay phone in the snow
Twenty Dollar Bill
Telephone Call
Telephone Box
Telephone Booth
Telephone Accessories
Phone Box
Phone Booth
Old Phone
Telephones
an old phone is sitting on top of a cardboard box and it's plugged in
Technology
Golden Oldies
Pay Phone
Landline Phone
Card Sizes
Old Things
Brand new Landis & Gyr Cardphone Phonecard/Phonocard payphone.
an old style phone sitting on top of a wooden table
Office Phone
Corded Phone
Quick Saves
Cardphone 1A model
a man in suit and tie using a phone at a payphone booth on the street
General Post Office
Miscellaneous Items
Gcse Art
Kiosk
Very early Cardphone payphone.
an old fashioned phone booth with several phones
United Kingdom
New World
Blue
British Telecom workshop with many Blue Payphones and lone Cardphone 1A.
two vending machines sitting next to each other
Credit Card
Sodeco Phonocard - cutting edge technology in 1982.
an advertisement for some kind of vending machine on the wall in a restaurant or bar
Photo Wall
Frame
Sodeco Phonotaxe and Phonocard payphones 1982.
an old fashioned pay phone is on display
Red Telephone Box
Red Telephone
Pineapple Upside
Cardphone payphone for optical BT Phonecards 1981-1996
BT Payphone 2000 on the platform of London Bridge train station, London, England - November 2013.
an old machine with buttons and numbers on it
Public Phone
Micro Chip
Debit Cards
Cardphone payphone for optical BT Phonecards 1981-1996
BT Payphone 2000 - the public phone took 1. New BT Phonecard (cards with a micro chip), credit/debit cards and BT Chargecards 2. Coins and 3. BT Phonecard (cards with an optical strip).
the control panel on an industrial machine is labeled with numbers and symbols for different parts
Card Reader
Landis & Gyr 1984 optical telephone card reader with counter.
the inside of an electronic device with wires and other electrical equipment on it's side
Landis & Gyr optical cardphone from 1984.
an electronic device with buttons and numbers on it
Vintage Phones
Electronic Products
Landis & Gyr 1992 optical telephone card reader.
the inside of an electronic device with labels on it and instructions to install or disassemble
Landis & Gyr optical cardphone from 1992.
a green sign with instructions on how to use it
Car Alarm
Coding
Red
Optical Cardphone Diagnostics codes.
an electronic device sitting on top of a wooden table next to a green and white sign
Two cardphone optical card readers, one complete with Cardphone Diagnostics codes.