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Modern Rotary 500 but Dial with * & #

Started by claudioggs, February 11, 2013, 12:15:37 AM

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claudioggs

Hi,

Searching for rotary phones in Singapore, I found this one, rotary, but with asterisk and numeral...

Claudio
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I'm an Argentinean collector guy, living in Philly.
I have some old mobiles - Motorola 4500X, Motorola "brick"
old phones - 1930 dial argentinean phone, WE 233G
old jukeboxes - Rowe bubbler, Rock-Ola Max
old wife - Sophie from France :-)

twocvbloke

#1
Those are modern creations, I've had two of them, not really well made and not pleasant to use...  :-\

The ProTelX one:
h ttp://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=6305.0  ( bad link )

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=6268.0  ( good link to ProTelX topic )

and the Steepletone one:
h ttp://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=6161.0  ( bad link )

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=6074.0  ( good link to Steepletone topic )

Phonesrfun

These have been discussed before.  Not something a collector would be interested in.  notice the blatant mis spelling of Operator as Rotarepo..... backwards.

These will appeal to someone who wants a phone that looks like an old rotary phone, but don't know any difference.
-Bill G

deedubya3800

Ah, the infamous ROTAREPO phone!  :D

Other than for its curiosity value, I'd have very little interest in one, and even then only if I could get it really cheap. There's a thread on here somewhere, I think, where someone got a hold of one and gave it the full treatment.

andre_janew

I've seen those and wondered if they sent out tones or pulses when dialed.  Does anyone know?  In any case, it is a bit odd to see * & # on a rotary phone.