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In the 80s we called POPCORN (767-2676) to get the current time. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/remember-when-you-could-call-the-time/4
by mikeryan 7y ago
In the 80s we called POPCORN (767-2676) to get the current time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/remember-when-you-could-call-the-time/488273/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/remem...
- dylan604 7y agoIn the 80s it was also very common for local banks to provide a number that would provide time. It was also common for the sign outside the bank to have a clock attached as well. "At the tone the time will be..."
- jcrawfordor 7y agoA somewhat surprising number of these services still exist, mostly just because it's very inexpensive to offer them now.
- jrnichols 7y agoI remember doing this a lot as a kid! and was sad to see so many of them going away. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-29-fi-lazarus29-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-29-fi-lazar...