It sounds like a fantastical past, yet at one point a separate machine needed to be attached to the phone to record messages if no one was home to answer. Not only that, but a third device ...

It sounds like a fantastical past, yet at one point a separate machine needed to be attached to the phone to record messages if no one was home to answer. Not only that, but a third device ...

Digital answering system- Digitally record up to 25 minutes of incoming messages, outgoing announcements and memos. Also allows for instant playback, selective save or delete, and skipping or ...

The telegraphone was the world’s first answering machine. “It is easy to see that such an apparatus would be a great convenience, especially for a man of business,” opined the London Daily News.