Jack Peacock wrote:
Believe it or
not there are still many people out there with old
(ancient) rotary dial
telephones.
Hey, I still have one, in my computer room (ex-spare bedroom) at home.
It's not so ancient, anyway, it's worked for the last 30 years, probably
good for another 30. The bell is disconnected so it doesn't ring, an
excellent feature.
Jack Peacock
I had a box of working analof rotaries, including two black Bell payphones
that were all working. Dug it out one day and sold all of them to an antique
dealer (except a princess and a wall phone) for $20 each - she's resold them
already at over $50 each, basically because they actually worked and were in
good looking condition too. The princess is in our bedroom and the wall
phone is for our machine shed/shop on the farm here.
I did have an "explosion proof" one in the box too, had a heavy receiver
and cast aluminm case and sealed wiring everywhere, but that one went at the
flea market for $50 as it was. It was bought for a paint shop installation.
Well enough off topic nostalgia on real telephones, have to answer this
moronic electronic tweet here from the new phone.
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