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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: Older Hardware Still Works
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Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-08-12 05:25, c186282 wrote:
>>    Now ... how to merge a rotary-dial phone with
>>    a cell phone ? I've got this mid-50s rotary and ?
> 
> Not cell, but landline VoIP, yes. I can connect one to my router and it 
> would work.
> 
> I tried with a younger cousin, a phone with buttons that does pulse 
> dialing. It worked. Which means my ISP or the router manufacturer 
> implemented pulse dialing logic into the home router.

The ISP or router manufacturer of the one I tried with an old
candlestick phone (working earlier before the analogue phone
service to that house was discontinued) didn't though, so it's
not a sure thing. But apparantly electronic converters for
pulse-dial phones can be purchased.

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