[geeks] Re: 48v

[Ken Hansen]

Jerry Pournelle is a *major* tech-geek. I admire his work and marvel at his collection of "toys." He verges on "uber geek" status, IMHO - a tilte that would certainly encompass all matters telephonic!

Ken

(He gave an old computer of his to the Smithsonian, IIRC - and he keeps an in-house technical specialist on staff, to "support" his efforts.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua D. Boyd [mailto:jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 11:48 AM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] Re: 48v


Jerry Pournelle(of Byte fame) doesn't strike me as a major phone geek and
I seem to remeber that he has a PBX installed at his house, so apperently
just having a PBX doesn't make you a major phone geek (knowing the 5x5
thing probably does though).

Anyway, I'm have a bit of a passing interest in phone systems, but mainly
only with reguards to PBXs.  I've often wondered how hard it would be to
make my own (just need a DAC and ADC for each extension, plus some other
circutry).

--
Joshua Boyd

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, James Fogg wrote:

> ok, from my previous postings many will realize I am a phone geek. I admit it,
> I get a thrill from a dial tone. I can identify dtmf digits by sound. I know
> the 5X5 color code by heart (really, I do). I know what red - right -
> ring - rib means. My favorite phones are made of Bakelite(R). And... (this
> probably puts me way over the top), I have a hybrid PBX in my house (an Iwatsu
> ZTD 48X64 with both digital and analog extentions, upgraded from several
> AT&T Merlins).
> 
> It seems some others have some level of phone passion, so lets drag the lakes
> and see what we come up with.
> 
> Who's a phone geek?
> Who collects phone schtuph?
> Who knows the deep history of phone tech?
> Who has a key system / pbx in their house?
> 
> Maybe this could be the lunchtime poll?
> 
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, THOU SPAKE:
> > Jim wrote:
> > > btw, I recently moved from a town that has a crossbar. The telco refused to
> > > give it up and installed dtmf "converters" to provide touchtone service. They
> > > provided "pheatures" like call forwarding by switching the calls through a
> > > nearby Nortel DMS100 digital switch.
> > 
> > There are still places w/ x-bar? Holy moly! Even Connersville, Indiana has
> > a DMS-100 or ESS5. Did you at least do your duty and break out your copy of
> > 'Bluebeep'?
> > 
> > -Jon 
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