Post #2690332

Awesome story about a "Freedom Phone" from the 80s: > What you had to do was push the button down and say a command word like "DIAL", then wait for it to do the "ke-bwoop" confirmation noise and show "DIAL" on the single-line display. Then you'd read out the numbers one by one, waiting after each one for it to confirm. "1" *wait* "2" *wait* "0" *wait* "2" *wait* "4" *wait* "5" *wait* "6" ... you get the idea. That's the worst part, but there's more... https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/09/20/fv1000/ #technology