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  Meh, wake me up when someone builds a keeb incorporating a telegraph key!  /s
  Seriously though, this is pretty awesome. Sure, it's not the most functional idea, but if we were only concerned about function, we wouldn't bother with, say, different colored keypads or anything else aesthetic.
context: Though i wish it was, this is not my build. They made a whole blog post detailing the build here. >
  
  
  his grandparents had a rotary dial phone
  
  the use of grandparents here and not parents makes me feel old >
  
  The rotary phone started to be phased out in the 50’s was discontinued in ‘86. If you were born in the 90s very good chance your parents did not own a rotary. >
  
  My mom kept an old rotary phone around when I was a kid just in case power went out. >
  
  The rotary and the touch tone were both supplied power through the telephone line.  If one would have worked, the other would have worked. >
  
  I'm assuming the other phone was cordless. >
  
  Bingo. >
  
  I mean....it's impressive....but what were you drinking during the design stage?!? 🤣 >
  
  Unleaded. >
  
  are you sure it wasn't leaded? >
  
  AVGAS 100 LL >
  
  They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they never stopped to wonder if they should. >
  
  And had they stopped, the answer would have been FUCK YES. >
  
  Timeline of my reactions to this picture:
  
  Haha, that's silly
  I mean... I used rotary phones and dialing was kinda nice
  I need a rotary phone numpad >
  
  “Yeah man, I will be on for raid night, I just need to work on my rotation before then.” >
  
  Eyyyy nice one >
  
  What a real "rotary encoder" is >
  
  I can finally send a keyboard when someone says something stupid! >
  
  I want it. I need it. I NEED IT! >
  
  Turning the phone with your finger is low-key satisfying ngl. >
  
  Phreaking in 2022? >
  
  so is this a rotary encoder or a numpad? or both? >
  
  This is the sexiest keyboard I’ve ever seen. How can I make this? >
  
  Imagine to be able to call 911 with out leaving the home row... sir take my money and send me this beauty 😍 >
  
  is this still tenkeyless? >
  
  There are no keys, there are holes, so I'd say it's tkl >
  
  Won’t take long before someone really makes this shit. Then we’re gonna get telegraph keyboards >
  
  You say that as if it's a bad thing. >
  
  Just tell me when the group buy 😭 >
  
  Now you can get clacky noises while you make clacky noises. >
  
  If you used three rotor dials concurrently, I am sure you. Could types roughly the same speed >
  
  Kinda badass tbh >
  
  I saw the thumbnail briefly before I took a closer look and thought to myself "It's about time someone put a CD player on the side of a keyboard." >
  
  The way numpads should be >
  
  “Yea dude let me just dial in this code from my keyboard” >
  
  From the era of ...
  I love this! >
  
  I... Must... Have... This. >
  
  Not gonna win any awards for data entry speed with that, but it's awesome! >
  
  Straight to the bottom of hell /s >
  
  At first glance, I thought, this is really lame, then I imagined myself doing it and in fact I think I would love to have something like this...good job >
  
  I need a keyboard with a flux capacitor built in. When I type 88 words per minute I can then travel through time. >
  
  Don’t mess with this guy. He has SWAT on quick dial. >
  
  I need this as a module that i can add to my keyboard, or a seperate one all-in-all >
  
  knob fanboys need this >
  
  Got my Minecraft hotbar on speed dial 🔥 >
  
  Omg , thought it was an ashtray at first >
  
  You are on to something! >
  
  Absolutely not. >
  
  Errrrr wut? 👁️👄👁️ >
  
  Is there a 100% rotary input keyboard? 30% rotary? Sign me up >
  
  Amazing retro! Took my upvote. >
  
  The ultimate fidget/tool accessory >
  
  That’s an awesome idea actually! Certainly the article, could see a band using it on stage as a controller >
  
  I hate that I actually love this >
  
  Was just talking about a keyboard like this with some of my coworkers the other day
  I'm so in love >
  
  Based >
  
  I sure did >
  
  Funky looking numpad ya got there bud >
  
  Honestly...if I knew how to get a hold of squidgeefish, I'd f%$king buy one >
  
  Me, I asked >
  
  I prefer abacus >
  
  I absolutely love this! Fantastic! >
  
  Plot twist: This was built by a Counter Strike pro gamer. >
  
  This is beautiful and r/blursed >
  
  Speak for yourself op... >
  
  What non-car people think when I say I'm a "rotary guy". >
  
  I would use this every day >
  
  Dude fused the 1970s tech with 2017s tech >
  
  Does it have a nice tactile feedback? >
  
  Many people might no know but this is the way PC people used to use dial up internet in the 80,s and 90,s >
  
  Where's the IC form? >
  
  This is cool as a stand-alone USB device, but I would not want it connected to my keyboard. Blocking the 5th row is silly and I love it. >
  
  NOW THATS A NUMPAD >
  
  To dial internet? >
  
  The perfect numpad doesn’t exist… >
  
  I didnt even notice the number row at first glance lmao >
  
  ...yet now I want >
  
  Is there an /r/mechanicalkeyboardscirclejerk sub? Haha! >
  
  I work for a service provider, and would fucking love being able to place calls in my softphone with a rotary dial >
  
  all hail the number bar >
  
  My grandparents had a rotary phone up until the 2010s. I remember calling my great grandma while she was still alive on it. >
  
  That's so good! Thanks for the laught >
  
  Why does the keyboard logo look like teslas logo >
  
  Where can I get this keyboard? >
  
  They should remove the alphabet portion and put a rotary dial there too for T9 style typing >
  
  I wonder if this ever gets annoying to use. >
  
  I love that. I have also tinkered with a rotary dial which is now attached to my desk >
  
  I asked >
  
  Still better than 60% >
  
  I asked by the way >
  
  Now THIS is the kind of awesome shit I come here every day hoping to see! GG WP OP >
  
  I use my numpad for rhythm games, this design might complicate that >
  
  I could definitely use this if it's compatible with our VOIP Phone. >
  
  Mechanical keyboard with a disk drive. >
  
  Hmmm, yes … but why? >
  
  They even blocked off the number row. That's dedication I guess