RE: https://mastodon.social/@keyboards/116244165862660996
It's been a while since I've seen a #keyboard with some fun and color like this. It's refreshing! 💜💛
RE: https://mastodon.social/@keyboards/116244165862660996
It's been a while since I've seen a #keyboard with some fun and color like this. It's refreshing! 💜💛
With my article today, discover the fascinating journey of German rotary dial phones and their impact on communication history 📞🇩🇪
Read my article here: https://discovermyeurope.eu/the-evolution-of-german-rotary-dial-phones-from-innovation-to-everyday-necessity/
#VintageTech #TelecomHistory #RotaryDial #GermanEngineering #ZylinderhausExhibit
The history of German landline phones with rotating dials is a captivating tale of technological innovation and societal transformation. These devices, which once symbolised cutting-edge technology, have now become cherished relics of a bygone era. Early Innovations and Major Producers The rotary dial phone was first patented by Almon Brown Strowger in 1891. However, it [...]
My diary has reminded me that in 1989, when I was living in #Albany during the week and #Syracuse on the weekends, I would have to go to a payphone down the block from my Albany apartment to check the messages on our Syracuse answering machine – because the Albany phone was a rotary dial and couldn't send the tones used to check messages.
In case you kids wondered what it was like when dinosaurs walked the earth.
[On someone wanting a #rotaryDial sound effect or screen on their #smartPhone]
Justine Haupt actually built a #cellPhone with a physical rotary dial! It’s an open-source design. She sold a kit with most of the parts, and is taking preorders for a new, improved version (with physical bell!).
https://www.justine-haupt.com/rotarycellphone/
https://skysedge.com/unsmartphones/RUSP/index.html