[Coco] Plain Old Telephone (POT) Private Branch Exchange (PBX)

[dave at davebiz.com]

I have a small Panasonic 4x16 PBX you’re welcome to use. I’d have to verify it’s still in good working order. 

-Dave Philipsen

> On Jun 13, 2023, at 11:29 AM, John Mark Mobley via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> All,
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> I would like to see a small telephone Private Branch Exchange (PBX) network
> at the CoCoFEST that can handle 300/1200 baud modems and Facsimile (FAX). If
> we could have one outside line and 10 extensions, then that should be fine.
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> I know a little about magicJack and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) but
> I do not think that will work very well for 300/1200 baud modems. It may
> work for a short time but not reliably.
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> If we could offer this as a feature at the CoCoFEST then we could locate
> table close together that want to use this.
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> Does anybody what to take this on as a project. Perhaps we could have two
> PBXs from two different people and connect them together.
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> We have this option at the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (VCFMW), but it
> is a massive system that is way overkill for our needs.
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> I know we can use Telnet with a ESP32 device, but it is fun to pick up a
> phone with a rotary dial and hear a dial tone. Take me back to the 1980s!
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> Please don't spend a lot of money on this. If you have something lying
> around or you can pick up something cheap, then consider this as an idea.
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> I welcome your ideas on this.
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> John Mark Mobley
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