7 Nov
2002
7 Nov
'02
6:49 a.m.
Sellam Ismail writes:
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I am UberGeek.
I can't argue with this one -- I have no warehouse to "whip out" for
the UberGeek comparo... ;^)
Merlin's suck. I've got a full-blown
miniature central office in
my house. The eOn (formerly Cortelco) Millennium [...]
I think most of us would be well served by a small Panasonic or AT&T
Legend hybrid switch. Many people would be stepping up with a nice 3x8
or 4x12 system. If any of you are wondering, I'm here to tell you its
worth it if you like to tinker with phones as well as computers.
As for me, I've got a nice little Nortel CICS switch and voice jail
nailed to the wall in the basement. And soon, very very soon, callers
on hold will relax to the mellow strains of Mel Torme belting out his
immortal version of "So Happy Together" or Guy Lombardo's version of
"Mrs. Robinson," and other aural atrocities... Follow this link if
you're more curious than revolted: www.ultralounge.com (Flash req.)
or http://www.dblcrown.com/eow1.html for a review.
Far, far afield, I know...
Ob. classiccmp: Did anyone here pick up one of the two VAX 11/725's
that went on eBay recently?
--Steve.
7 Nov
7 Nov
7:15 a.m.
Hi,
Can you point to any webistes that have info about these phone
systems? Do they pop up on eBay?
Thanks
Jim
I think most of us would be well served by a small
Panasonic or AT&T
Legend hybrid switch. Many people would be stepping up with a nice 3x8
or 4x12 system. If any of you are wondering, I'm here to tell you its
worth it if you like to tinker with phones as well as computers.
As for me, I've got a nice little Nortel CICS switch and voice jail
nailed to the wall in the basement. And soon, very very soon, callers
on hold will relax to the mellow strains of Mel Torme belting out his
immortal version of "So Happy Together" or Guy Lombardo's version of
"Mrs. Robinson," and other aural atrocities... Follow this link if
you're more curious than revolted: www.ultralounge.com (Flash req.)
or http://www.dblcrown.com/eow1.html for a review.
Far, far afield, I know...
Ob. classiccmp: Did anyone here pick up one of the two VAX 11/725's
that went on eBay recently?
--Steve.
6:31 p.m.
Actually, I've got a AT&T Merlin II Legend system for
sale. It powers up, but I've got no phones for it, so
what little checking I did with it didn't indicate the
phone section was working.
Jim, if you (or anyone else) is interested in buying
one of these I can send you the configuration.
-- Frank
--- Jim Mooney <jmooney776(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Hi,
Can you point to any webistes that have
info about these phone
systems? Do they pop up on eBay?
Thanks
Jim
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I think most of us would be well served by a small
Panasonic or AT&T
Legend hybrid switch. Many people would be
stepping
up with a nice 3x8
or 4x12 system. If any of you are wondering,
I'm
here to tell you its
worth it if you like to tinker with phones as well
as computers.
As for me, I've got a nice little Nortel CICS
switch and voice jail
nailed to the wall in the basement. And soon, very
very soon, callers
on hold will relax to the mellow strains of Mel
Torme belting out his
immortal version of "So Happy Together"
or Guy
Lombardo's version of
"Mrs. Robinson," and other aural
atrocities...
Follow this link if
you're more curious than revolted:
www.ultralounge.com (Flash req.)
or http://www.dblcrown.com/eow1.html for a
review.
Far, far afield, I know...
Ob. classiccmp: Did anyone here pick up one of the
two VAX 11/725's
that went on eBay recently?
--Steve.
7:59 p.m.
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Jim Mooney wrote:
Can you point to any webistes that have info
about these phone
systems? Do they pop up on eBay?
The Panasonic hybrids pop up on eBay all the time. Expect to pay anywhere
from $250 (if you're lucky) to $750 (for a fully
loaded system).
I am getting ready to sell mine but am not sure yet. I may need it for a
business down the road, but right now it's dormant. I might be willing to
let it go for the right price... ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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7:55 p.m.
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Steve Jones wrote:
I think most of us would be well served by a small
Panasonic or AT&T
Legend hybrid switch. Many people would be stepping up with a nice 3x8
or 4x12 system. If any of you are wondering, I'm here to tell you its
worth it if you like to tinker with phones as well as computers.
The Panasonic hybrids are nice, if not bizarre with their totally
non-standard signaling tones. I had (actually still have, just haven't
taken it down from my closet yet) a Panasonic KTX-123211 (12 CO lines, 32
stations) which the Millennium replaced. It's great in that the ports
automatically adapt to either basic analog or proprietary phone sets based
on what's plugged in when you first power it up. It can also do flash
hook transfers and allows feature access using touch tone codes. It's
basically a decent low-end PBX. I was able to integrate it with my
auto-attendant/voicemail, though it was a tad kludgy. Still, it served me
well for years, and it was free, so I had no complaints. (The Millennium
was free too :)
As for me, I've got a nice little Nortel CICS
switch and voice jail
nailed to the wall in the basement. And soon, very very soon, callers
on hold will relax to the mellow strains of Mel Torme belting out his
immortal version of "So Happy Together" or Guy Lombardo's version of
"Mrs. Robinson," and other aural atrocities... Follow this link if
you're more curious than revolted: www.ultralounge.com (Flash req.)
or http://www.dblcrown.com/eow1.html for a review.
I'm planning to someday pipe in either the DMX music from my cable box or
a continuous stream of MP3's from my Linux firewall from over the web.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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8 Nov
8 Nov
9:22 a.m.
Sellam wrote about his phone system:
I'm planning to someday pipe in either the DMX
music from my cable box
or a continuous stream of MP3's from my Linux firewall from over the
web.
Remember to pay the ASCAP royalties so you don't get your ass sued off.
This is why some phone systems provide music-on-hold that is synthesized
classical music. There's no royalty to pay.
10:24 a.m.
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Eric Smith wrote:
Remember to pay the ASCAP royalties so you don't
get your ass sued off.
Oh, right. Damn pesky lawyers.
This is why some phone systems provide music-on-hold
that is synthesized
classical music. There's no royalty to pay.
Maybe I'll just pipe in Commodore SID music instead (from an actual
Commodore 64 even! ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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11:13 a.m.
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Eric Smith wrote:
I was about to scream, but then realized that a SID is much better than
the other 8bit choices of the time, like The NES's synth, or (shudder) a
PC speaker. Square waves are _not_ friends of my ears... unless you find
a good way to synth using 'magic sinewaves' (courtesy of Don Lancaster:
http://www.tinaja.com/magsn01.asp). However, I doubt you'll get enough
speed to calcuate them on the fly on a classic 8bit machine (of course you
could generate them in advance, but that'd be cheating ;-).
Pat
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Remember to pay the ASCAP royalties so you
don't get your ass sued off.
Oh, right. Damn pesky lawyers.
This is why some phone systems provide
music-on-hold that is synthesized
classical music. There's no royalty to pay.
Maybe I'll just pipe in Commodore SID music instead (from an actual
Commodore 64 even! ;) 
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