BilSabab@lemmy.world to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 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 · 10 days agomessage-square39fedilink
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.
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.