Limerick Trial Autelca Test Card
Limerick Trial Autelca Test Card

This test card was used to test Autelca cardphones. The Autelca magnetic cards were using during the Limerick Callcard field trial of 1989. [...]

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ODS Transparent Card
ODS Transparent Card

A transparent card, used to test how graphics would appear on a phonecard with chip in place. Unknown if the card was encoded with units.[...]

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Irish Horse Racing (Dummy Card)
Irish Horse Racing (Dummy Card)

Prior to chipset installation, Callcards were printed on large PVC sheets holding between 30 to 60 cards. These are then punched out to prod[...]

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Trinity College (Dummy Card)
Trinity College (Dummy Card)

Prior to chipset installation, Callcards were printed on large PVC sheets holding between 30 to 60 cards. These are then punched out to prod[...]

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Cork Stamp & Card Fair 6th May 1995
Cork Stamp & Card Fair 6th May 1995

This was an unofficial souvenir Callcard issued at the Cork Stamp & Card fair on the 6th of May 1995. Notice the black and yellow sticke[...]

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Cottage (Dummy Card)
Cottage (Dummy Card)

Prior to chipset installation, Callcards were printed on large PVC sheets holding between 30 to 60 cards. These were then punched out to pro[...]

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Schlumberger Test Card
Schlumberger Test Card

These plain test cards were used to test payphones installed by Telecom Eireann in Ireland. These cards were given to engineers whose task i[...]

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Gemplus Test Card (Ireland)
Gemplus Test Card (Ireland)

These plain test cards were used to test payphones installed by Telecom Eireann in Ireland. These cards were given to engineers whose task i[...]

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Cottage AFNOR Demo
Cottage AFNOR Demo

This Demonstration card, produced by French chip manufacturer Schlumberger features the Callcard chipset installed in the AFNOR position. It[...]

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Telecom Eireann Demo 6
Telecom Eireann Demo 6

The sixth Demonstration card, this time produced by Schlumberger. As with both Demo 1 and 2 cards, the chipset is installed in the AFNOR pos[...]

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Telecom Eireann Demo 3 "Ireland's First Callcard"
Telecom Eireann Demo 3 "Ireland's First Callcard"

This was the third demonstration Callcard to be produced prior to Telecom Eireann launching their first chipcard, IMI New Ways for the Ninet[...]

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Telecom Eireann Demo 1
Telecom Eireann Demo 1

This was the very first Telecom Eireann chip based demonstration card. This card was produced by French manufacturer Schlumberger, resulting[...]

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Irish Horse Racing Test card (McCorquodale)
Irish Horse Racing Test card (McCorquodale)

The McCorquodale test card was produced to test compatibilty of the McCorquodale chipset in Telecom eireann cardphones. What is very interes[...]

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Irish Horse Racing Test Card (Intel)
Irish Horse Racing Test Card (Intel)

The Intel test card was produced to test compatibilty of the Intel chipset under Telecom eireann cardphones. This Callcard, like the previou[...]

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ORGA Test Card
ORGA Test Card

This Test Card was produced by chipcard manufacturer ORGA to test their chipset within Telecom eireann's cardphone hardware. Unlike the Iris[...]

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Telecom Eireann Test Card 1 (McCorquodale)
Telecom Eireann Test Card 1 (McCorquodale)

This test card was produced to test the McCorquodale chipset under Telecom eireann cardphones. This chipset was only ever found on test card[...]

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Solaic Test Card
Solaic Test Card

This card is completely blank except for "BREVET INNOVETRON - SOLAIC 45060" printed on the reverse. The Solaic chipset was used on the infam[...]

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ORGA Test Level 2
ORGA Test Level 2

The ORGA test card was issued to test the ORGA chipset in Telecom eireann card phones. A public test of the ORGA chipset was introduced usin[...]

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Monetel Test Card (Ireland)
Monetel Test Card (Ireland)

This Service card was produced to service cardphones which Telecom Eireann had installed on Iarnrod Eireann trains. While 2, 000 Monetel tes[...]

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Telecom Eireann Test Card
Telecom Eireann Test Card

This Telecom Eireann test card was used by cardphone engineers to test the callboxes. This particular card was encoded with 150 units. These[...]

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GPT/Plessey Service Card
GPT/Plessey Service Card

This Service Card was used to test the phonecard systems manufsctured by British Plessey/GPT. This generic service card design was also used[...]

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Telecom Eireann Demo 2
Telecom Eireann Demo 2
Card no: 120

The Demo 2 Callcard was released to cardphone engineers prior to Telecom Eireanns widespread cardphone rollout in the late 1980's, early 199[...]

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IMI New Ways for the Nineties Dummy
IMI New Ways for the Nineties Dummy
Card no: 1021

This Dummy Callcard features the IMI New Ways for the Nineties design. Notice the lack of any chip. An interesting feature to note about thi[...]

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Black-Back Cottage (Train Trial)
Black-Back Cottage (Train Trial)
Card no: 1025

This CallCard was encoded for use on Iarnrod Eireann trains. Initially Telecom Eireann tested Monetal Mobile Telephone Systems, which used t[...]

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