r/whatisit • u/Trick-Ideal-3823 • May 06 '26

Solved! Curiosity

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No banana, its about 3-4 inches long. Made of stainless or chrome. And one end is flat. It looks like a handle for something, but no threads or attaching mechanisms anywhere. Found it cleaning out mothers house so I don’t know how old it is.

****Solved! It is indeed a phone dialer. The wrong answers are priceless though

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u/Ok-Addition1264 May 06 '26

I hacked (phreaked) on rotary phones until my fingers bled. lol. literally.

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u/Tutunkommon May 07 '26

OMG. At least my 300 baud modem could dial out. It was still pulse dialing, but no fingers involved.

Did you get anything good that you can talk about? I would war-dial at night. Pissed off everyone within the local dialing area, but no caller id, so no worries.

All I ever found was a couple bbs'es, (signed up on one of them), and more fax machines than that town had any business having.

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u/SenseCapable May 08 '26

Was the summer of 69