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  • Minimalist landline telephone set (no chips)

    From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, August 01, 2026 23:53:34

    Is it possible to buy a minmalist landline
    telephone set nowadays? I meant one that
    has NO chips nor ICs, no Wifi, no FM
    transmitters, no hidden rechargeable
    battery.... nothing too modern.

    Just plain old simple telephone set
    with handfree. :)

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  • From Christopher Howard@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 03, 2026 06:49:40
    "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

    Is it possible to buy a minmalist landline
    telephone set nowadays? I meant one that
    has NO chips nor ICs, no Wifi, no FM
    transmitters, no hidden rechargeable
    battery.... nothing too modern.

    Just plain old simple telephone set
    with handfree. :)

    I don't know of anything modern. There are quite a few "antique" and
    "vintage" rotary phones on Ebay. Modern POTS is still compatible with
    dialing through rapidly breaking the connection. Once a while back I
    tried dialing by just rapidly tapping the hook or whatever that is
    called, and it worked, though it takes some skill to get the timing
    right.

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    Christopher Howard

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