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Rotary dial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rotary dial is a device mounted on or in a telephone or
switchboard that is designed to send interrupted electrical pulses,
known as pulse dialing, corresponding to the number dialed. It was
invented in 1888 by Almon Strowger. The device was phased out from the
1970s onwards with the onset of Touch Tone dialing, which uses a
telephone keypad instead of a dial. Some telephone systems no longer
recognize pulse dialing by default, so now it would have to be ordered
from the telephone company as a special feature, to support older
customer equipment.
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avyakata added this photo to his favorites. (60 months ago)
Punchup (60 months ago | reply)
these are cool, me mom still uses one, all systems seem to recognize it...nice shot!
precious maybe (60 months ago | reply)
great shot, funny I still have one too ( orange) 867-5309 ask for Jenny.
gardinergirl (60 months ago | reply)
Scary how this is now written up as a piece of historica. What's next: records?? ;~ )
moonwire (60 months ago | reply)
oh yeah, i love those phones. i used to have 2 - 1 turquoise, 1 orange. they worked too!
Copella (60 months ago | reply)
Great title and capture as always!
*Que (60 months ago | reply)
I LOV THIS! its my old phone!
Sooooo kool for U to bring this back
free spirit * (60 months ago | reply)
One ringy-dingy. I miss the rotary phone! Zero was such a long number to dial
Sunset Sailor (60 months ago | reply)
This is a good photo, ~E, I like it. Hello? Hello?
TarannaWannabe (60 months ago | reply)
I remember the days when you could make a phone call and actually hear the person on the other end and not worry about dropping the call.
Love the old rotary dials.
(sigh)
SkyShaper (60 months ago | reply)
always came in one color too, the original old ones
~Sage~ added this photo to her favorites. (60 months ago)
~Sage~ (60 months ago | reply)
Oh, wow! I think that belonged to Lily Tomlin! Cool shot!
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-milky joe- (59 months ago | reply)
haaanging on the telephone (a bit too long) Lovely find
larrygerbrandt, DARREN ST0NE, Roger Cullman, aloha nico., and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.