On March 5, 1919, cartoonist W.K. Haselden published a comic in the British newspaper The Mirror, illustrating what the world would be like if telephones were portable.

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I would think you could disconnect the ringing solenoid with a switch. But maybe the comic is taking about forgetting to turn them off?

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      1 year ago

      I don’t remember an obvious way to turn off a phone’s ring back in the days when everyone had a land line. The best you could do is have your answering machine pick up after one ring if it had that option and maybe it would be fast enough to do it in less than one ring.