Retro Rotary Dial Telephones -Telecom PMG 1960s 1970s 1980s PDF Print E-mail

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.

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.

A great range of Christmas Gift Retro Rotary Dial Phones

Refurbished Rotary Dial Phones
  • Replace Earppiece Cap / Cover - Telecom/PMG 802 Ivory Phone
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    New replacement earpiece cover or cap for an ivory 802 Telecom / PMG phone. .
  • Ericofon Crystal Mint - Green Phone Cobra Eames Ericophone
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    Green (Crystal Mint) Ericofon Rotary Dial Phone. Refurbished and In excellent condition. This is a Northern Telecom version similar to those sold by Telecom Australia /PMG in the 1960s and 1970s, however this model was sold in the USA. It can make outgoing calls and receives calls, and it does ring with an Ericotone buzzer. Has a standard R12 modern plug . These are very rare, and this colour even rarer in Australia. Telecom/PMG sold a similar Green Ericofon. A fantastic special gift. Get other different coloured Ericofons - click 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-
  • Ericofon Aqua Mist - Blue Phone Cobra Eames Ericophone
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    Blue (Aqua Mist) Ericofon Rotary Dial Phone. Refurbished and In excellent condition. This is a Northern Telecom version similar to those sold by Telecom Australia /PMG in the 1960s and 1970s, however this model was sold in the USA. It can make outgoing calls and receives calls, and it does ring with an Ericotone buzzer. Has a standard R12 modern plug . These are very rare, and this colour even rarer in Australia. A fantastic special gift. Get other different coloured Ericofons - click 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 d
  • Replacement Dial Ring for 802 Telecom / PMG Rotary dial phone
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    eplacement Dial ring that sits on top of the dial plate of a ACF 802 rotary dial phone.
  • Red Rotary Dial Telephone - Western Electric
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    ne Collectable Western Electric 500 series Retro Rotary Dial Red Phone - USA phone - in rare Red colour This phone is in excellent condition and has been refurbished. It has a RJ12 cable (see photo) This is the phone you see in the old american movies, with the ring you hear in the american movies. These are very robust phones and have a fantastic ring. the phone comes with an RJ12 cord 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. The basic phone's mo
  • Grey Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished -NEW Plastic Case
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    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. It works perfectly and can be used anywhere in the world where you can obtain decadic service (nearly all of Australia and most of the world in
  • Vintage PMG 400 series Telephone refurbished
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    Vintage Black Bakelite PMG 400 AT Telephone 1962 The last of the bakelite phones, introduced in the 1950s. They were available in black or ivory. The phone is very heavy weighing 2.3 kg. This is a rare vintage phone. It has been cleaned and refurbished and is good mechanical order.The bells ring lound and clear, and transmission is good. It is good example of a working almost 50 year old telephone. Dials decadic, it will not dial DTMF tones that you use for voicemail/call centres etc. However it dials telephone numbers fine, information on decadic here. This phone has been refurbished . The bakelite black telephone comes with a standard telecom 605 plug you may need an adaptor here or other adaptors here , you may need an ADSL filter, information on ADSL with retro phones here) Vintage Black Bakelite PMG 400 AT Telephone 1962
  • Yellow Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished
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    Yellow Vintage Rotary Dial Phone refurbished This Telephone has a new dial label (blank) and dial cover. This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the 1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Yellow. This is a decadic phone. 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, or a non working phone bought on ebay, this is a quality telephone. This phone does not come in a Telecom Box. It has a grey line cord with a 605 telecom plug. You may need an adaptor here if you do not have standard Telecom plugs. You may need an ADSL filter,
  • Grey Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished Plastic Case
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    One Collectable Retro Rotary Dial Grey Phone refurbished by Telecom Australia workshops 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 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 are posted to you in a Telecom Aust
  • Phone Socket Adaptor - Allows RJ12 lead to be plugged into Telstra/Telecom socket
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    Get more Phone Socket adaptors for telephones click here 605 Phone Socket adaptor . This allows a phone with an RJ12 lead to be plugged into Telstra/Telecom socket 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 RJ12 to 610 socket adaptor
  • Ericofon Phone Gasket replacement - Cobra Telephone
    retro rotary dial phone 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 Red 802 Case/Shell PMG /Telecom retro dial phone
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    replacement Red 802 PMG/Telecom case. The case is used and has some surface scratching (that could be buffed/polished out). Includes the switchhooks. This is the shell/case for this type of phone here
  • Red Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished
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    Vintage 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 Laquer Red It has a brown line cord. Tens of 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 -it has a new bell set and a replacement dial- its good for another 30 years. It has been buffed and polished, but still has some fine surface scratching, and marks, as you would expect from a 40 year old telephone. It also has a small chip at the rear of the phone where the phone cord connects (see lower photo). This is not a junky phone like those being sold on eBay, or sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale - this is a quality
  • Replacement Bell motor for Rotary Dial for 802 Telecom / PMG Rotary dial phone
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    eplacement Bell motor for ACF 802 PMG / Telecom rotary dial phone . This does not replace all bell motors - you need to check the enlarged picture to make sure it is the same as the one you currently have
  • Red Rotary Dial Phone - 801 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished -- Extremely Rare
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    Vintage 801 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. PMG code was 801 ACF Red . The 801 Red phones are much harder to find than the 802 model red telephones. It has a brown line cord. Tens of 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. It has been buffed and polished, and looks fantastic for a 45 year old telephone. This is not a junky phone like those being sold on eBay, or sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale - this is a quality telephone. Dials decadic, it will not dial DTMF tones that you use for voicemail/call centres etc. However it dials telephone numbers fine, infor
  • Digitel Push Button telephone - decadic - early Telecom Pushbutton Phone from the 1980s
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    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.
  • Sage Green ACF 8081 - Brand New in Box - Telecom / PMG
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    nbsp; 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.
  • Grey CB Telephone - 811 made by PMG / Telecom new plastic shell
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    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 It works perfectly and can be used anywhere in the world where you can obtain decadic service (nearly all of Austr
  • Ericofon Phone Gasket replacement - Cobra Telephone
    retro rotary dial phone 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
  • Replace Mic Cap / Cover - Telecom/PMG 802 Ivory Phone
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    New replacement microphone cover or cap for an ivory 802 Telecom / PMG phone. Note ths suits electronic microphones. The orginal caps more the carbon mics had more holes, so this cap might cause the volume to be low on a carbon mic equipped telephone.
  • Ericofon Soft Pink Phone Cobra Eames Ericophone
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    One Soft Pink Ericofon Rotary Dial Phone. Refurbished and In excellent condition. This is a Northern Telecom version similar to those sold by Telecom Australia /PMG in the 1960s and 1970s, however this model was sold in the USA. It can make outgoing calls and receives calls, and it does ring with an Ericotone buzzer. Has a standard R12 modern plug . These are very rare, and this colour even rarer in Australia. Telecom/PMG never sold a pink Ericofon. A fantastic special gift. Get other different coloured Ericofons - click 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.
  • Replacement curly cord for handpiece - Victa Red Rotary Dial Coin Phone
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    New replacement curly cord for the hadndiece for a Victa Red Rotary Dial Coin Telephone.
  • Black Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    Vintage Retro Rotary Dial Black 802 ACF Phone refurbished This Telephone has a new dial label (blank) and dial cover. This was the standard telephone in Australian homes during the 1960's and 70's. Telecom code was 802 ACF Black . The black colour is very rare because black had been the only colour available until 1960, and after that customers generally selected every colour except black. 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. It has been buffed and polished, but still has some minor surface scratching, and marks, as you would expect from a 40 year old telephone. This is not a junky phone like those being sold on eBay, or sitting in someone's shed, or bought at a garage sale - this is a quality telephone. Dials d
  • Ivory Rotary Dial Phone - 802 made by PMG / Telecom refurbished plastic Case
    retro rotary dial phone telephone
    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
  • New reproduction Chrome 500 series Retro Rotary Dial Telephone
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    Vintage Reproduction Rotary Dial Chrome Phone. Brand new Telephone with modern features View other new reproduction retro rotary dial telephones here This phone is a reproduction of the classic 500 series telephone produced by Bell in the USA from 1949 until 1984. It has a similar design to the ACF 802 series phones produced by PMG Telecom in the 1960s and 1970s. The Bell 500 telephone was designed by Henry Dreyfuss a sucessful industrial designer of the 1930s and 1940s. This reproduction retro phone has all the modern features while still keeping the 1950s design. You can turn the ringer on and off. You can turn the receiver volume high and low. You have last number redial and call hold. This Telephone dials tone and decadic, it has a switch so you can switch it between pulse/decadic and DTMF. This means you can use this retro reproduction rotary dial phone for voicemail/call centres etc. This phone is brand ne

 

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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