Would you believe we were still using one of these in 1997? And it still worked fairly well. Then we inherited a 1980's TASCOM PBX. Wooo hooo hooo! That is only running on one drive now (no backup) so I have to get Asterisk interfaced to DID lines here ASAP and we have to come up with a screen pop application. Wish us luck! I may need some emergency help from this list some time soon. The manager is planning to program something in Visual Basic script but this has it limitations, right? I think we should be working with an AGI compatible language.
I believe I saw our old switchboard on an Aliant parade float once. Someone was doing an impression of Lily Tomlin doing her Ernestine character. You know, "one ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingys,...." Peter M. > It's a 1940s switchboard. The ad says Bell but my understanding is > that this type was used in large offices downtown. A friend has a > training manual she received, picturing such units, from when she went > to a school (around 40 years ago?) where young ladies went to be > trained as switchboard operators. > > Wouldn't that unit look cool our next VON booth? If ever there was a > group of telephone enthusiasts, this is it. I'd love to hear that a > TAUG member bought this switchboard. > > Dave > > -- > David Donovan > Consultant > Fulcrum Solutions > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************** Peter MacFarlane, ACP Network Administration & Programming Target Call Center/ Message Centre P.E.I. ********************************************************
