Yeah the ATLs won't work which is why I asked about the inventory. Maybe time to start saving up for a new system. I mean at 30 years you sure got your money's worth out of the old one. Most systems I sell to budget stressed companies are leased.
I missed your request for the card inventory... I was on my "smart" phone at the time and only briefly read and responded quickly...
My inventory is: Slot | Card 1............ Power Supply 2............Legend 6.1 V11.2 Processor 3............408 GS/LS-ID-MLX 4............008 ATL 5............800 GS/LS 6............012 Basic Telephones (soon to be replaced by 016 w/ ring gen... made that mistake!)
In other news...
I find that I much prefer the MLX phones that are Lucent or Avaya branded...as they have the white buttons like the Definity phones, which I like. They also seem to be a little more sturdy. I have an MLX-5D (pictured here). I liked it enough to make me order an MLX-16D with white buttons, which will be here later this upcoming work week... I also ordered a Magix 4406D+ phone just to see if it would work...I'm assuming no...but what the heck.
Just got a new in box BIS34 SP... An interesting set I hadn't seen before. Here's the auction link with photos:
Came with everything... new handset, curly cord, new base... even an 8P8C cord that was still tie wrapped...The warranty expired in 1998... lol (it came with the original box).
I've gathered quite a few older Merlin sets. Just can't get enough of the ring.
I've got: 1x MLX-5D 1x MLX-20L 1x MLX-28D (listed on eBay for sale) 1x BIS SP-34 1x BIS 22-D 1x BIS 22 3x 5-button membrane sets (LOVE these, graciously donated to me by hitechcomm ) 4x MLX-10D
I sure wish I had a display cabinet, or room for one. Would love to display the Merlin sets in order of button amounts, it would look so cool!
I'm also thinking I may order one of those 72-button Merlin consoles, just because I'm crazy
It would take up my entire desk, for sure. LOL
"Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking...Just a MOOOOOment!"
Come to think of it, they did use Legend phones in Office Space
The phones were actually working too! Grabbed the URL right at the moment and time where the phone is most clear...Lucent branded MLX-10D!
I was told I could listen to the radio while I was collating...at a reasonable volume...
Many of those funny little boxes that plug into the internet and make dial tone have trouble putting out a proper caller ID signal. It doesn't seem to matter if it's a cheap Magic Jack or Uverse.
Something cheap to try is putting a 100k 1/2 watt resistor across the line. I find it ironic that AT&T's Uverse won't work fully with AT&T's Merlin, but apparently the resistor knocks the rough edges off the signal or just drops its level a bit and it's a fairly popular kludge with Magic Jacks. I never tried the resistor trick myself as I run my Legend system with BIS-10s and old rotary phones, and the MLX-20L only comes out if I need to program something.
Speaking of desk-smashers, I've got a PFC-34 - essentially a BIS-34 grafted onto a fax machine. What I'm after now is the exact opposite in size. Offhand, I think it's called a 7101a - it's a single line POTS phone styled like a Merlin set. Nice and small for the bathroom.
Oh, and I know what you mean about the Merlin ring. I've even got it as a ringtone on my cell.
I have Verizon FiOS here at home and have had no problems with Caller ID being picked up by my Partner ACS.
U-verse is primarily a residential/small business product. Residential grade telephones tend to handle deviation with the Caller ID data stream better than older key systems/pbxs which were designed to Bell System standards.
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