You never knew what kind of machine greeting you'd hear when you called someone in the 80s. That's what made it so fun! The new "Star Wars-stricken culture" had not only begun to normalize the robotic ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1971, PhoneMate introduced the ...

Martin Schneider of the website "Dangerous Minds" reviews a series of pre-recorded outgoing messages made by Radio Shack in the 1980s when home... Radio Shack's Answering Machine Messages Were Hip To ...

Hi this is _____. I can't come to the phone right now, but if you leave your name, credit card number, and expiration date, I'll get right back to you.