Longtime Bonanzaville volunteer John Bartholomay delights in teaching kids how phones once connected the world — and how to ...

You can use an old rotary telephone dialer in conjunction with your microcontroller to implement all sorts of things; for example, you could use it to enter a series of numbers to unlock a safe. You ...

Ah, the rotary phone. Just the mention of it can send a wave of nostalgia crashing over you, can’t it? Those chunky handsets, the satisfying click of the dial, and the unmistakable feeling of ...

A new exhibit at Stone Branch Center for the Arts on Main Street in Front Royal offers a chance to experience vintage ...

There’s a meme which may have a basis in truth, of a teenager left clueless when presented with a rotary telephone. The dial, in reality a mechanical pulse chain generator, was once ubiquitous enough ...

A lot of phrases surrounding phones don’t make sense anymore. With a modern cellphone, you don’t really “hang up” and there’s certainly no “dial” to be had. However, with [jakeofalltrades’] project, ...

My kids are mesmerized by a rotary phone. We bought the cream-colored 1970s model a couple weeks ago from Goodwill for $4.99. My son was asked to bring an old electric appliance to Camp Invention, and ...

Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends. In July, we made a trip to Monroe to visit friends who took us to all sorts ...

Yep. My dad refused to pay for it, pulse was good enough for us! And yes we had rotary dial phones. At least in the late 1980s in the Tampa area, it worked even if you didn't pay the fee. I didn't ...