True. The phones Icthus and I grew up with were called rotary phones, because you placed your finger in a hole that corresponded with a number, such as 5, and you wound it around until you hit a stop. Then you released it, and it spun back around to its resting position. This was repeated until the full number was dialed. When button phones were first produced, there was no touch-tone, so basically the button would pulse just as if it were a rotary phone.
The person below me comprehends what I just wrote.