On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:42:51 -0800 (PST), sellam_at_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_at_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_at_inetnebr.com)
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Received on Mon Nov 20 2000 - 23:34:43 GMT