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minus-squareCarl@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoTIL we use the phrase “dial a phone number” because old phones had a rotary dial that you had to spin to the numbers, like hands on an analog clock. (I’m actually old enough to have used rotary phones, and my knees hurt before it rains lol)
minus-squarekalpol@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI still have one that in theory i can use on the VOIP line but I just haven’t plugged it in
minus-squareladicius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoDepends on your router. Most don’t work with impulse dialing any more so a rotary phone hooked to a modern router could receive calls but not initiate calls.
minus-squarekalpol@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoI got a little converter for pulse to tone. Works fine to call from rotary
TIL we use the phrase “dial a phone number” because old phones had a rotary dial that you had to spin to the numbers, like hands on an analog clock.
(I’m actually old enough to have used rotary phones, and my knees hurt before it rains lol)
I still have one that in theory i can use on the VOIP line but I just haven’t plugged it in
Depends on your router. Most don’t work with impulse dialing any more so a rotary phone hooked to a modern router could receive calls but not initiate calls.
I got a little converter for pulse to tone. Works fine to call from rotary