My grandpa used to have one that could no longer operate because it needed to connect to an operator. There was no rotary on it. It had a hand held speaker to hold to your ear, and a microphone on the wooden box. So you had to face the device to talk.
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eric@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
How do you pay on one of those?
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
My grandpa used to have one that could no longer operate because it needed to connect to an operator. There was no rotary on it. It had a hand held speaker to hold to your ear, and a microphone on the wooden box. So you had to face the device to talk.
ghostface@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
With sat communication coming out, we need raspi$x and a satmodem and we should being it back