What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?
What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost?
For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up
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That crackling sound you had on your calls back in the analogic era. Not sure is a feature but made calls more warm.
It was a build-up of something or other (carbon?) on the microphone part of the caller’s handset. You could fix it by tapping the handset sharply on a hard surface. Source: I used to work in radio back in the 80s.
Wow I am fascinated a lot by the radio's world, especially pre-digital era. Hope to never meet me irl or i'll ask questions for a couple of hours lel
Not to mention the cross talk communications you could have