pushbutton

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The effect was very "analog." It reminded me of switching channels on a monaural, pushbutton car radio, or watching a theatrical documentary shot on film.

From Salon • May 23, 2011

At electronic consoles shirtsleeved men spoke into pushbutton telephones, scanned slender strips of coded paper punched out by high-speed computers.

From Time Magazine Archive

C & S Security Devices of Olathe, Kans., has brought out a lock that is equipped with a pushbutton panel like that on a telephone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, as over 100,000 people trooped through Manhattan's Grand Central Palace at the National Business Show, first since 1941, it appeared that the pushbutton world had already closed in on businessmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the study up-stairs, the doctor's hand moved away from a pushbutton.

From The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix by Flint, Homer Eon