19 Jan
1999
19 Jan
'99
9:58 a.m.
Come across something in the basement. Working on making it mine.
It's a 6" rack labeled "[Bell logo] DIMENSION". Has a serial port and
lots
of trunk connectors. Is this a telco switch?
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19 Jan
19 Jan
10 a.m.
Come across something in the basement. Working on
making it mine.
It's a 6" rack labeled "[Bell logo] DIMENSION". Has a serial port and
lots
of trunk connectors. Is this a telco switch?
Sounds like a Dimension PBX.
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10:38 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
Come across something in the basement. Working on
making it mine.
It's a 6" rack labeled "[Bell logo] DIMENSION". Has a serial port and
lots
of trunk connectors. Is this a telco switch?
Sounds like it, but need more information. Dimension definitely sounds
familiar but can't quite place it.
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10:43 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
Come across something in the basement. Working on
making it mine.
It's a 6" rack labeled "[Bell logo] DIMENSION". Has a serial port and
lots
of trunk connectors. Is this a telco switch?
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Sounds like a (more or less standard) Dimension PBX, which more to the
interest of folk around here is a reasonably chunky UNIX based system
will a bunch of telephone switching gear attached as a peripheral.
...and I take you meant a 6' (foot) rack rather than a 6" (inch) rack...
Unless of course you have stumbled upon the top-secret nanotechnology
based prototype of the 'Next Generation' phone switch. B^}
In which case of course the MIBs will be arriving shortly...
-jim
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11:06 a.m.
At 12:58 19-01-1999 -0800, you wrote:
Come across something in the basement. Working on
making it mine.
It's a 6" rack labeled "[Bell logo] DIMENSION". Has a serial port and
lots
of trunk connectors. Is this a telco switch?
Lucky for you lot that I've spent a lot of time in the telephone industry.
;-)
What you have there, Daniel, is a Dimenision PBX. It requires a special
operator console, and in some cases special phones, in order to work.
They're -neat- to play with. A friend of mine used to manage one. If you
can find the rest of it (docs, console, whatever), you can actually run a
PBX of your Very Own. ;-)
Too bad you're not nearer to WA, or I'd come by and give you a hand with
it. I speak Bell System pretty fluently.
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