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Vintage Signals: Forgotten Communication Tools
A crossword puzzle exploring classic and obsolete communication devices that once connected the world.
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Across
  • 1. Old phone relying on local battery power
  • 2. Early telephone model named after its candle-like shape
  • 3. Handheld two-way radio communication device
  • 4. SIGNAL Ancient method using smoke to send messages
  • 5. Small device used to receive numeric or text messages
  • 7. Mechanical device for typing documents
  • 9. Device used for shorthand transcription
  • 14. Early device converting sound to electrical signals
  • 16. Amateur radio communication used before widespread internet
  • 18. System transmitting text information over TV signals
  • 20. Machine that transmitted typed messages remotely
Down
  • 6. Public place to access early internet terminals
  • 8. Fast mail service using mounted riders
  • 10. Device for sending scanned printed material via telephone
  • 11. System of dots and dashes used in telegraphy
  • 12. Device that recorded and played sound mechanically
  • 13. Message sent by radio transmission
  • 15. Device that sent coded dots and dashes over wires
  • 17. Old telex or wire feed receiving unfiltered news
  • 19. Early system for satellite communication (archaic)

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