Picturephone service only had a total of 500 subscribers at its peak, and the service faded away in the 1970s.
Video Phone trivia:
When and where was the world’s first public video telephone?
Telephone Trivia:
Who claims to have the oldest, still working phone number and what is that number?
Answers:
Head to the forums to find out.
drquest: I use to work at a Bugles Boys store back when malls were all the rage.
Drahken: Yeah, that’s the one. Man, it’s been a long time since I saw one of those. I had completely...
Doug: @Drahken, you mean this?: http://www.ebay.com/ itm/Vintage-Pac-Man- Wind-Up-Plastic-Toy- Tomy-1980s-/16072...
Peter FoxHusky: Dar, no monitor but a color TV for both the C64 and for just watching television. Drahken: Dunno about the toys, I never had any. The commercials made them look good, but they also look like a lot...
ClaymationWerewolf: @Doug that’s really funny! When I watched the episode I actually did wonder if I was... Drahken: I vaguely remember sky commanders, though I never watched it at the time, I mostly just remember the ads...
Daniel Th1rte3n: Another excellent piece! I was aware of this property as a kid, but never owned any of the toys,... Doug: Yeah, there were toys. I had one. Were the Aussy and Jamaican bad guys? The way you describe them and the...
vinvectrex: This one near the top of my list of toys I wanted but never got. And, had I gotten it, I wouldn’t...
I remember going downtown and playing with these at the AT&T office building. They had a display “The Future of the Telephone” set up on the first floor. You would sit at a desk with one and on the other side of a wall another person would sit with the same set up, you could talk and see them. I would leave and on the way home think about the future with its flying cars.