Phone Mate 400 Answering Machine (1971) Microsoft The Mego 2-XL Robot

The Mego 2-XL Robot

hitting shelves just before the Philips compact cassette took over the world

A critical and commercial success

working lights

Spacely on The Jetsons (1963-1966)

Phone Mate 400 Answering Machine (1971) Microsoft The Mego 2-XL RobotPhone Mate 400 First Commercially Successful Residential Answering Machine The PhoneMate Model 400, introduced in 1971, was the first commercially successful answering machine designed specifically for the average home. Enclosed in a heavy, wood paneled cabinet that weighed a substantial 10 pounds, it bypassed standard cassettes in favor of a miniature reel to reel tape system that could hold up to 20 incoming messages. Because it debuted before