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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