Instead of helping his dad adapt, [sideburn] stuffed modern cell phone guts into a 1970s rotary phone — if all you want to use it for is phone calls, why not reach for a battle-tested handset?

The 1970s called and they want their rotary dial cell phone back. Looking for all the world like something assembled from the Radio Shack parts department – remember when Radio Shack sold par… ...

Bumstead, 48, would have grown up in a home with a working rotary phone. At the Slowik household in the 1970s, we had a single, yellow rotary phone mounted on the kitchen wall.

First, you’ll need a rotary dial phone with enough space for your Raspberry Pi and wires. Models from the 1970s or 1980s often have roomy interiors so that you can organize cables without ...

The 1970s? I’m afraid you’ll have to be more specific. The ’70s! As in Halston and Liza and Mick at Studio 54. That ’70s. Uh... are there a lot of chrome trim and mirrored surfaces around you? Yes.

Stockbyte/istockphotoIn the 1970s American workplace, wood-paneled offices, typewriters, and vintage technology ruled the day. ... Rotary Phones and Paper Files. andipantz/istockphoto.

Recently I called a local company and was startled to hear voice mail begin with this once-familiar phrase: “If you have a touch-tone phone, press 1 now.” Years ago, you’d hear that phrase all the ...