Fun find - Northern Telecom Displayphone

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Fri Aug 18 16:03:00 2000

Hello Mark

On 17-Aug-00, you wrote:

> 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

Sounds quite similar to my GTE XT300 telephone/terminal in concept. Wish it
still worked, but the thing got hit by Mother Nature's fireworks . . . .
wonder if they could be the same?

Mine has a 9" b&w CRT display, a smallish keyboard, and a built-in 300 baud
modem. The telephone part is set up for two lines, but you can change it to
one. the whole thing looks like a shrunken terminal.


>
>
Regards
-- 
Gary Hildebrand
Box 6184
St. Joseph, MO 64506-0184
816-662-2612
or
ghldbrd_at_ccp.com
Received on Fri Aug 18 2000 - 16:03:00 BST

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