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Piston Slap: New Tricks for an Old Car Phone? (Part II)
Tony writes:
I have a 1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo with a built-in cell phone (analog) that doesn’t work. Could you help me convert it? That would be amazing.
Super Piston Slap: New Tricks For an Old Car Phone? (Part II)
Sajeev writes:
I wasn’t expecting a “Part II” for this story: converting an analog phone to digital sounds comically nonsensical these days. But did you know that people once spent big money, back in the day big dawg money, so a (car) phone they’ve trusted for years lived to see another day…in the digital age?
Such a story landed in my Inbox. You know you wanna click ‘dat link to learn more!
Super Piston Slap: New Tricks For an Old Car Phone?
It started innocently enough: Derek Kreindler posted the above photo on Facebook for nothing more than a few social media lulz. Which triggered a memory on my end of Al Gore’s Internet: of a cellular phone residing in the console of my Lincoln Mark VIII. Even worse, it reminded me of the way-cool hack to make it work in the digital age. The conversation went downhill from there, and the boss man suggested I blog all about it. Won’t you join me in the cellular madness?
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