The rotary dial is a device mounted on or in a telephone or switchboard that is designed to send interrupted electrical pulses, known as pulse dialing, corresponding to the number dialed. The early form of the rotary dial used lugs on a finger plate instead of holes. A patent was filed on August 20, 1896 by employees of Almon Strowger, namely, A. E. Keith and the brothers John and Charles Erickson. The Patent No. 597,062 was granted on January 11, 1898. The modern version of the rotary dial with holes was first introduced in 1904 but only entered service in the Bell System in 1919. The device was phased out from the 1970s onwards with the onset of Touch Tone dialing, which uses a telephone keypad instead of a dial. Some telephone systems in the US no longer recognize rotary dialing by default, in which case it would have to be ordered from the telephone company as a special feature, to support older customer equipment.
| Refurbished Rotary Dial Phones |
- NEC Telephone microphone - Telecom / PMG Rotary dial phone
NEC electronic telephone microphone for ACF 802 PMG Telecom phones
Replacement telephone NEC Electronic microphone for carbon mic Telecom PMG 802 ACF telephones produced in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s
NEC electronic telephone microphone for ACF 802 PMG Telecom phones
- Grey CB Telephone - 811 made by PMG / Telecom new plastic shell
 ne Collectable Retro Grey CB Phone new plastic shell - refurbished other components
Extremely Rare CB Phone
This Telephone has a new dial label (blank). This was a very special phone from
1960's and 70's used in Hotels and other areas where the caller picked up the handset and was connected to an operator . Telecom code was 811 ACF Grey CB
This phone has a new
plastic phone shell, the electronics have been refurbished - its good for another 30 years, the handset is refurbished. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
This is not a junky phone that has been sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale- This is a quality telephone.
This phone would be posted to you in a Telecom Australia box. This phone also has a brown line cord
This phone has been refurbished and is in excellent condition.
It works perfectly and can be used anywhere in the worl
- Digitel Push Button telephone - decadic - early Telecom Pushbutton Phone from the 1980s
 Rare 1980s Digitel Telephone sold by Telecom Australia. This is one of the first Push Button phones sold by Telecom Australia.They were supplied by STC and made in Denmark.
Phone has adjustable ring volume and is Decadic only. In good condition - dials out clear transmission - ringer works fine.
- Double Adaptor for Telecom / PMG socket - allows 2 Rotary Dial Phones to be plugged into one socket
Double adaptor - allows you to plug two Telecom/PMG phones into a single Telecom/PMG wall socket.
- Green Rotary Dial Phone with Control Lock - 8028 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished
 ne Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Green Control Lock Phone refurbished
This Telephone has a new dial label (blank), as well as new control lock keys. This was a rare modification of the the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 8028 ACF Green
Thousands of these phones were destroyed - they are now rare - with ones in as good condition as this - even rarer
This phone has a refurbished
plastic phone shell, the electronics have been refurbished - its good for another 30 years. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
This is not a junky phone that has been sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale- This is a quality telephone.
This phone would be posted to you in a Telecom Australia box. This phone also has a brown line cord
This phone has been refurbished and is in excellent condition.
It works perf
- Green Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished -NEW Plastic Case
One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Green Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops and never used since (packed in Telecom box).
These are very rare - we found some more and have very few left, and once they are all sold that will be it.
Has new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Green
These phones were refurbished by Telecom workshops in Perth in the late 1980s. These particular phones had the electronics refurbished, and the plastic case replaced with a new plastic case (the handsets and cord are refurbished). The phones have been unused since. They do have slight rub marks at the side of the phones from storage in the box.
You will never find second hand phones in such fantastic condition as these phones.They have new dial labels, new dial covers. The Green colour is rarer than most other colours.. For more
- Ericofon Phone Gasket replacement - Cobra Telephone
Replacement Ericofon Gasket Brand New!
the gasket that often deteriorates on Ericofon Telephones
make your valuable Ericofon like new!
This is a new but remanufactured gasket (not a genuine original ericofon gasket), as good if not better than the original . Makes the Ericofon with a damaged gasket look good!
The arrow points to the Gasket that in many ericofons has broken down. (The Ericofon does NOT come with the Gasket)
Replacement Ericofon Gasket
About the Ericofon
The Ericofon is a "cult" telephone handset created by Ericsson. It was designed in the late 1940s by a design team including Gösta Thames, Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg. A specific feature of the telephone is that the plastic cover is molded in one piece, and it is considered a landmark in plastic industrial design. The serial production began in 1954. The earlier models were only sold to instit
- Ivory Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished plastic Case
One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Ivory Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops and never used since (packed in Telecom box).
In
as new
condition
Has new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Ivory
Thousands of these phones were destroyed - they are now rare - with ones in as good condition as this - even rarer
These are not junky phones that have been sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale- These are quality telephones.
These phones have refurbished
plastic phone shells, the electronics have been refurbished. They are not sun
damaged, scratched, or otherwise damaged like many rotary dial phones sold on
Auction sites or at Second Hand stores. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
They are
- Northern Telecom 500 series Rotary Dial Telephone - fantastic ring!
 ne Collectable Northern Telecom 500 series Retro Rotary Dial
Red Phone - Canadian phone
This phone is in excellent condition. It has a standard telecom plug (you may need an adaptor here)
The Series 500 phone was the standard dial phone in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in the USA and Canada. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone was the standard desk-style telephone set used by AT&T (the Bell System) in North America from the late 1949 through the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. Many millions of Model 500 phones were produced and were a familiar sight in almost every home in North America. Numbers of Western Electric 500 phones are still in use today thanks to their durability and ample availability on the secondhand market at inexpensive prices. The basic phone's modular construction not only made manufacture and repair simple. The original Western Electric Model 500 was designed by the firm of industrial designer Henr
- 5 metre RJ12 / RJ45 extension cable
5 metre RJ12/RJ45 cable. This is an extension cable that can connect to an RJ12/RJ45 adaptor (not included with this extension cable - you can get the adaptor here)
- Grey Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished Plastic Case
One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Grey Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops and never used since (packed in Telecom box).
In
as new
condition
Has new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF
Grey
Thousands of these phones were destroyed - they are now rare - with ones in as good condition as this - even rarer
These are not junky phones that have been sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale- These are quality telephones.
These phones have refurbished
plastic phone shells, the electronics have been refurbished. They are not sun
damaged, scratched, or otherwise damaged like many rotary dial phones sold on
Auction sites or at Second Hand stores. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
They
- Red Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished - with rare red line cord
One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial Red Phone refurbished - in very rare Red colour with matching Red Line cord
This Telephone has a new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the 1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Red
Thousands of these phones were destroyed - they are now rare - with ones in as good condition as this - even rarer
This phone has a refurbished plastic phone shell, the electronics have been refurbished - its good for another 30 years. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
This is not a junky phone that has been sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale- This is a quality telephone.
This phone would be posted to you in a Telecom Australia box. This phone also has an even rarer matching Red Line Cord.
This phone has been refurbished and is in excellent condition. It works perf
- Sage Green ACF 8081 - Brand New in Box - Telecom / PMG
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Sage Green Telecom 8081 Brand New in box.
Dates from September 1985, one of the earliest Telecom Pushbutton Telephones replacing the ACF 802 rotary dial telephones.
Phone is decadic only - with volume control.
- Ivory Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished - NEW Plastic Case
One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Ivory Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops (previously PMG) and never used since (packed in Telecom box).
Has new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Ivory
These phones were refurbished by Telecom workshops in Perth in the late 1980s. These particular phones had the electronics refurbished, and the plastic case replaced with a new plastic case (the handsets and cord are refurbished). The phones have been unused since. They do have slight rub marks at the side of the phones from storage in the box.
You will never find second hand phones in such fantastic condition as these phones.They have new dial labels, new dial covers.
. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
- Ivory Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished plastic Case (with plastic grommet)
 ne Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Ivory Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops and never used since (packed in Telecom box).
In as new condition
Has new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Ivory
Thousands of these phones were destroyed - they are now rare - with ones in as good condition as this - even rarer
This particular model has a grommet to replace a hole in the case (used for control-lock phones)
These are not junky phones that have been sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale- These are quality telephones.
These phones have refurbished
plastic phone shells, the electronics have been refurbished. They are not sun
damaged, scratched, or otherwise damaged like many rotary dial phones sold on
Auction sites or at Second Hand stores. For more details on the difference between
- Phone Socket Adaptor - Allows 802 Australia telephones to be plugged into RJ12 or RJ45 sockets - USA
Socket adaptor . This allows a standard Australian Phone to be plugged into an RJ12 or RJ 45 Socket, that is now common in Australian Homes, and is the standard socket in the USA.
Note: You still need a RJ12 / RJ45 cable to plug this in (the standard cable that goes from the wall socket to a modern phone)
You can get an RJ12 / RJ 45 extension cable here
Also there are Double Adaptors to allow to Rotary Dial Phones to be plugged into one socket here
For international shipping the socket will be removed fom its packaging for cheaper postage.
- STC 4T Telephone receiver - earpiece Telecom / PMG Rotary dial phone
STC 4T telephone receiver for ACF 802 PMG Telecom phones
Replacement telephone receiver for Telecom PMG 802 ACF telephones produced in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s
STC 4T telephone receiver for ACF 802 PMG Telecom phones
- Replacement Dial Plate for 802 Telecom / PMG Rotary dial phone
 eplacement Dial plate that sits at the back of the dial of a ACF 802 rotary dial phone.
- Chocolate Brown ACF 805 Pushbutton Phone - Telecom
 second hand Chocloate Brown ACF 805 series telephone. circa 1982.
This was the first 'Touchfone' to replace the Rotary Dial ACF 802 by Telecom Australia.
It was based on the ACF 802 metal base - so its a tough as an ACF 802.
This telephone is in reasonable condition with some surface scratching. It is a rare colour.
- Ericofon Phone Gasket replacement - Cobra Telephone
Replacement Ericofon Gasket Brand New!
the gasket that often deteriorates on Ericofon Telephones
make your valuable Ericofon like new!
This is a new but remanufactured gasket (not a genuine original ericofon gasket), as good if not better than the original . Makes the Ericofon with a damaged gasket look good!
The arrow points to the Gasket that in many ericofons has broken down. (The Ericofon does NOT come with the Gasket)
Replacement Ericofon Gasket
About the Ericofon
The Ericofon is a "cult" telephone handset created by Ericsson. It was designed in the late 1940s by a design team including Gösta Thames, Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg. A specific feature of the telephone is that the plastic cover is molded in one piece, and it is considered a landmark in plastic industrial design. The serial production began in 1954. The earlier models were only sold to instit
- Replacement Dial Cover for 802 Telecom / PMG Rotary dial phone
Replacement Dial Label plastic cover Brand New!
the item that is always missing on the Retro 800 ACF series Telecom phones
This is a NEW replacement plastic dial label cover (not the paper dial label)
The arrow points to the plastic piece that is often missing on 800 series phones. This does not include the paper dial label.
- Red Rotary Dial Telephone - Western Electric
 ne Collectable Western Electric 500 series Retro Rotary Dial
Red Phone - USA phone - in rare Red colour
This phone is in excellent condition. It has a RJ12 cable with optional telecom plug
The Series 500 phone was the standard dial phone in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in the USA. The Western Electric Model 500 telephone was the standard desk-style telephone set used by AT&T (the Bell System) in North America from the late 1949 through the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. Many millions of Model 500 phones were produced and were a familiar sight in almost every home in North America. Numbers of Western Electric 500 phones are still in use today thanks to their durability and ample availability on the secondhand market at inexpensive prices. The basic phone's modular construction not only made manufacture and repair simple. The original Western Electric Model 500 was designed by the firm of industrial designer Henry Dreyfus
- Ericofon Mint Green Phone PMG / Telecom Australia Cobra Eames Ericophone
One Mint Green Ericofon Rotary Dial Phone.
In excellent condition. Sold by Telecom Australia /PMG in the 1960s and 1970s. Has some very minor scratches on the handpiece. Makes outgoing calls and receives calls, and it does ring . Dial has no cracks - works well, and it has a new gasket. Has a standard Telecom Australia plug (adaptors available here)
The History of the Ericofon
The Ericofon is a Swedish telephone handset created by Ericsson. It was designed in the late 1940s by a design team including Gösta Thames, Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg. A specific feature of the telephone is that the two major components--the handset and the dial--are combined in a single unit. This one-piece design anticipated the evolution of the typical cordless phone and cell phone by several decades. The Ericofon is considered a landmark in plastic industrial design. The serial production began in 1954. The earlier models we
- Green Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished plastic Case
One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Green Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops and never used since (packed in Telecom box).
These are rare green coloured phones
Has new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Green
These phones were refurbished by Telecom workshops in Perth in the late 1980s. These particular phones had the electronics refurbished, and the plastic case is also refurbished. The phones have been unused since. They do have slight rub marks at the side of the phones from storage in the box.
You will never find second hand phones in such fantastic condition as these phones.They have new dial labels, new dial covers. They are ready for another 30 years of service. The Green colour is rarer than most other colours.. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click h
- Red Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished - with brown line cord
 ne Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Red Phone refurbished - in very rare Red colour
This Telephone has a new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Red
Thousands of these phones were destroyed - they are now rare - with ones in as good condition as this - even rarer
This phone has a refurbished
plastic phone shell, the electronics have been refurbished - its good for another 30 years. For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
This is not a junky phone that has been sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale- This is a quality telephone.
This phone would be posted to you in a Telecom Australia box. This phone also has a brown line cord
This phone has been refurbished and is in excellent condition.
It works perfectly and can be used anywhere in the world where you
- Ericofon Ivory Phone PMG / Telecom Australia Cobra Eames Ericophone
One Ivory Ericofon Rotary Dial Phone.
In good condition. Sold by Telecom Australia /PMG in the 1960s and 1970s. Has some scratches on the handpiece. Makes outgoing calls and receives calls, however it does not ring (was designed to be used as an extension phone). Dial has no cracks - works well, and it has a new gasket. Has a standard Telecom Australia plug (adaptors available here)
The History of the Ericofon
The Ericofon is a Swedish telephone handset created by Ericsson. It was designed in the late 1940s by a design team including Gösta Thames, Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg. A specific feature of the telephone is that the two major components--the handset and the dial--are combined in a single unit. This one-piece design anticipated the evolution of the typical cordless phone and cell phone by several decades. The Ericofon is considered a landmark in plastic industrial design. The serial production be
- Grey Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished -NEW Plastic Case
One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial
Grey Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops (previously the PMG) and never used since (packed in Telecom box).
In
as new
condition
Has new dial label (blank). This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the
1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Green
These phones were refurbished by Telecom workshops in Perth in the late 1980s. These particular phones had the electronics refurbished, and the plastic case replaced with a new plastic case . The phones have been unused since. They do have slight rub marks at the side of the phones from storage in the box.
You will never find second hand phones in such fantastic condition as these phones.They have new dial labels, new dial covers.
For more details on the difference between refurbished plastic shells and new shells click here
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Today the dial is a key pad or "dial pad", generally with 12 keys numbered 0-9, *, and # that perform an equivalent signalling function to that of a rotating disk dial.
In telephony, the word dialing (in present and past tense spelt with two Ls in British English and with one in American English) describes the process of the placement of a telephone call. From as early as 1836, there were various suggestions and inventions of dials for sending telegraph signals. After the first commercial telephone exchange was installed in 1878, the need for an automated, user-controlled method of directing a telephone call became apparent. The first telephone dial patent was jointly issued to Connolly and McTighe in 1879. There were numerous competing inventions, and 26 patents of dials, push-buttons and similar mechanisms for signalling which telephone subscriber was wanted by a caller were issued prior to 1891. Most inventions involved highly complex, and expensive, mechanisms and required the user to perform complex manipulations.
The first commercial installation of a Telephone Dial accompanied the first commercial installation of a 99 line automatic telephone exchange in La Porte, Indiana in 1892, which was based on the 1891 Strowger patent designs. The original dial designs were rather cumbersome and development continued during the 1890s and early 1900s hand in hand with the switching technology. In the 1950s, invention of plastics saw the dial itself change from metal disk to a plastic ring.
In the early 1960s Bell Telephone Laboratories researched various key pad layouts to replace the telephone dial, for electronic telephone equipment. Researchers rearranged the dial numbers in a wide range of combinations from mimicking a telephone dial to the now familiar 4 row by 3 column keypad. They found the 4x3 keypad to be the fastest and most error free arrangement to operate. However, because the American telephone dial had the 0 next to the 9, they tested the arrangement with a 1 at the top and 0 at the bottom, below the 8 key. They also tested an arrangement with the 0 below the 2 and having 9 at the top, as appeared on adding machines at that time and now appears on computer and calculator keyboards, but that arrangement was more error prone as few people were familiar with adding machines at that time. Because of this research, phone key pad numbering is reversed to today's calculator and computer keyboards. However, the keypads of most cash machines usually have the same numbering as phone key pads.
Even today, rotary phones occasionally find special uses. For instance, the anti-drug Fairlawn Coalition of the Anacostia section of Washington, DC persuaded the phone company to install rotary dials on area pay phones. The goal was to discourage loitering by drug purchasers, since the dials could not be used to call dealers' pagers.
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