Rotary Phone Keyboard

I’ve inherited my great-grandparents’ very old rotary phone. They lived in Miami (305 area code).

“Bell System Property. Not For Sale”

Thinking of an interesting project for it.

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You ever wonder how a rotary phone dials the number you choose? There are contacts behind the dial that get nudged open/closed as the dial rotates. However many pulses = the number you just dialed.

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Here is dialing 5 in slow motion

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I couldn’t help but copy @Foone’s rotary phone numpad keyboard

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Following in @Foone’s footsteps, I’ve upgraded to a T9 keyboard.

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Well, @Foone I was reminded that T9 is technically predictive text input so I had to rectify the situation...

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