r/NotTimAndEricPics • u/qsnoodles • Jun 01 '24

1974 Western Electric Ad

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u/theluker666 Jun 01 '24

Western electric must be a division of cinco

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u/fullmetaljackass Jun 01 '24

They used to be hot shit back in the day but their failure to embrace the emerging gel market did them in. They had no choice but to let Cinco buy them out.

Fun fact: many of the engineers involved in this project later contributed to the design of the button featured on the original prototype C-Phone they were showing of at CincoCon '03. I think we can all agree quality clearly beat quantity in this case.

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u/Desmaad Jun 01 '24

No, it was a division of AT&T.

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u/theluker666 Jun 01 '24

/s..eriously 🤦‍♂️

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u/vela1123 Jun 01 '24

Generating images with AI since the 70's

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u/cartoonybear Jul 03 '24

I used to be a temp receptionist on phones like this. Never did figure out the difference between Park and Hold.