Rotary Phone Help

[neilencio]

Can you use it to get calls from the commissioner?

[Hobie-wan]

I remember using a rotary phone through college because I didn't want to pay $2/month for touch tone service.

My parents didn't want to pay the extra few bucks a month for tone either. I'm pretty sure they are on tone now, but through high school at least it was pulse. We hadn't had a rotary phone since I was little, but all of the phones were set to pulse. I remember switching the phone to tone after connecting to automated systems so I could navigate menus. It is most definitely your service not supporting pulse dialing.

This also reminds me I kind of want an old avocado rotary phone like we had when I was little. The kitchen appliances were avocado too.

[Ziggy]

The rotary phone that came with my parent's house (built in the 70's) remained on the wall in the kitchen well into the 90's. I remember when I was young, friends would come over and ask to call home, they'd pick up the phone and then not know how to dial it.



Looked like this one, a different color though. Came complete with your phone number in the middle of the dialing wheel! Although, my parents did have a touch tone phone in another room.

By the way guys, that picture of the black phone I linked before, that's not mine. I only used that pic as an example, my phone looks identical to it.

[alienjesus]

In Australia our emergency number is 000. Just hope your emergency isn't too urgent

It's 999 in the UK, which isn't much better

[Luke]

Can you use it to get calls from the commissioner?

That's actually why I always wanted a red phone. Next on my list is a bust of Abe Lincoln that conceals a red button.

@Fvgazi: Totally try to get that phone.

[Luke]

Here she is:



Pretty, isn't she?

Bad at taking pictures, aren't I?

[CRTGAMER]

Nice phone! Mine came from my Mom's house, been in the family since the 70s. I was lucky to remember to get the wall hookup, the phone hangs on a proprietary wall jack with a sliding phone jack plug in the back. Has scars from decades of use, still works like a charm with clear sounds from the Pacific Bell speaker. One thing nice about the handset is I can wrap my paws around it and still have the ear and mouth piece up close. The touch tones in the house offer quicker dialing, but once in a while I like twisting the dial.

@ Luke - I posted a couple of links in my previous reply, would one of those work?

[Ziggy]

@ Luke: Nice! That's identical to my phone, only mine is black. I wish I had a second land line, then I would get a red one like that and have them side by side.

@ CRTGAMER: Yup, that's exactly the same phone that came with my parent's house. I think I still have it, but the handset broke (cracked in half). I could probably just get the handset from another phone and put it together, but I don't have a spot for it since it's wall mounted.

[Opa Opa]

Ooo! Pretty!

I love rotary dial telephones. I'll post a pic of mine soon.

[Luke]

Ooo! Pretty!

I love rotary dial telephones. I'll post a pic of mine soon.

And any help on using them with a modem will help too!