On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:42:51 -0800 (PST), sellam(a)vintage.org wrote:
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You generally will not find any sort of manuals for phone systems on the
web like you will old computer manuals. Phone guys are archaic. Knowledge
is passed by word of mouth or by hard-copying manuals. Nobody has ever
thought to scan any of these old manuals in and post them online in an
archive like the computer hobbyists do (although many times I wish someone
with more time than I have would do so). Mostly this is because nobody
tinkers with old phone systems as a pasttime. You only need the manual
once, usually to install and configure, and then after that it gets tucked
away somewhere. You memorize what you need to know. Also, nobody wants
to post something online that they can charge money for :)
Anyway, all that being said, if you can't turn up a manual anywhere else,
I'm almost positive we have one for the Strata DK in our library at my
office. I can run a copy for you.
Contact me at <sellam(a)vintage.org> if you're interested (consider this an
olive branch ;)
I appreciate the offer, and the information. Much to my surprise, however,
I found a company on the web who not only sells old manuals, but will let
you download them in PDF format. The manual I had requested had not been
scanned from paper when I called around noon. By 5pm, they had scanned and
OCR'ed (with illustrations) about 340 pages and placed them in a PDF file
for me to download. Total cost was $55. Using this information I was able
to get the phone system up and running with the operator's console and a
couple of extensions so I can figure out how it all works.
-Bill Richman (bill_r(a)inetnebr.com)
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