BilSabab@lemmy.world to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agoNorth Electric Co (1969)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1159
arrow-up1159imageNorth Electric Co (1969)lemmy.worldBilSabab@lemmy.world to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarecharokol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoRight. But would you want to keep the dial with you? After you’ve started the call on a rotary phone, there’s no more dialing necessary
minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 days agoPerhaps you move the phone to the coffee table before you get comfy on the sofa, or you want to hang up and make a second call.
minus-squaretomenzgg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoThe world of tomorrow; truly, the future can only go up, from here.
minus-squareTyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoLemme tell you about the wonders of being reachable literally everywhere you go
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoAnd if you needed to dial while on the phone, then you would probably prefer it to be separate so you can see what you are dialing while still talking. I guess it means you wouldn’t have to keep the base in an easily usable spot though.
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoAt the time these were designed, dialing while on the phone, say to interface with a computer system, didn’t exist.
Right. But would you want to keep the dial with you? After you’ve started the call on a rotary phone, there’s no more dialing necessary
Perhaps you move the phone to the coffee table before you get comfy on the sofa, or you want to hang up and make a second call.
The world of tomorrow; truly, the future can only go up, from here.
Lemme tell you about the wonders of being reachable literally everywhere you go
And if you needed to dial while on the phone, then you would probably prefer it to be separate so you can see what you are dialing while still talking. I guess it means you wouldn’t have to keep the base in an easily usable spot though.
At the time these were designed, dialing while on the phone, say to interface with a computer system, didn’t exist.