Speed dial

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Not to be confused with Speedometer.

Speed dial was a function available on many telephone systems allowing the user to place a call by pressing a reduced number of keys. This function is particularly useful for phone users who dial certain numbers on a regular basis.

In most cases, the user stores these numbers in the phone's memory for future use. The speed dial numbers were usually accessed by pressing a predetermined key or keys on the phone, followed by a one or two-digit code which the user assigned to each number; however for ease of use, on many systems a call may be placed by pressing and holding one key on the numeric keypad.

Speed dialing was also available via Custom Calling features from the Telephone Company's Central Office. The numbers were programmed by the subscriber through the standard telephone dial, and speed dial calls were placed by dialing simply the digit and waiting a few seconds on a standard rotary dial phone and an older 10 key Touch Tone phone, or by dialing the number and the # key to instantly connect the call on a modern 12 key Touch Tone phone.

Most mobile phones used to have a contact list feature which provides similar abilities although most have an instant call button which only requires one click.

History

The capability for speed dial historically dates at least as far back as the Number One Electronic Switching System (1ESS) in 1965.[1][2] Other early "instant dialers" dating back to 1972 also included punched card machines[3] and magnetic tape machines.[4]

Metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) telephone technology enabled speed dialing on push-button telephones in the early 1970s. MOS memory chips were used to store phone numbers, which could then be used for speed dialing at the push of a button.[5][6][7] This was demonstrated by the British companies Pye TMC, Marconi-Elliott and GEC in 1970.[5][6] Between 1971 and 1973, the American company Bell Laboratories develop a push-button MOS telephone called the "Touch-O-Matic" phone, which could store up to 32 phone numbers. This was made possible by the low cost, low power requirements, small size and high reliability of MOS transistors, over 15,000 of which were contained on ten IC chips, including one chip for logic, one for the dial interface, and eight for memory.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Electronic Central Office Debut, Succasunna, NJ (video)
  2. ^ "Telephone Timeline - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century".
  3. ^ "Fluorides store more energy". Electronics and Power. 19 (3): 51. 1973. doi:10.1049/ep.1973.0072.
  4. ^ "AUTODIAL No. 201".
  5. ^ a b "Push-button telephone chips" (PDF). Wireless World: 383. August 1970.
  6. ^ a b Valéry, Nicholas (11 April 1974). "Debut for the telephone on a chip". New Scientist. 62 (893). Reed Business Information: 65–7. ISSN 0262-4079.
  7. ^ Electronic Components. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1974. p. 23.
  8. ^ Gust, Victor; Huizinga, Donald; Paas, Terrance (January 1976). "Call anywhere at the touch of a button" (PDF). Bell Laboratories Record. 54: 3–8.


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