Fun find - Northern Telecom Displayphone

From: Mark Gregory <gregorym_at_cadvision.com>
Date: Thu Aug 17 20:28:23 2000

Found something cool in the thrift shop that I've never seen before - a
Northern Telecom Displayphone (model NT6K00AM), ca. 1984.

It seems to be an early attempt at computer/telephone integration -
basically a data terminal integrated with a telephone. There's a very clear,
legible screen, a full keyboard that hides in the main unit, and really nice
touch-sensitive controls for the phone functions. On the back are an RS-232C
port and a parallel port.

Can anybody tell me more about this system, and how they were used? A
Web-search using several engines and a dejanews search yielded nothing
useful. The Nortel Website doesn't even admit this phone ever existed.

Cheers,
Mark Gregory
Received on Thu Aug 17 2000 - 20:28:23 BST

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