DominicUCx
Programmer
When I worked at Nortel and Bell Canada a while back, I managed to collect/purchase some of their "one of" phones. Most were analog, but a few were digital.
I know a UCx20 can handle Unistim IP sets like the 1165E, i2007, i2004 (Phase 0 BNR purple), and the 1535 video SIP phones Nortel issued in its final days. But, I've got two old legacy Meridian M3000 LCD Touchphones that came out with X11 Release 7 (late 80s?). I don't know if they were ever de-supported in a future release after manufacturing stopped. Can I get these sets to work on 100% UCx hardware/software to call each other, and make and receive calls from analog PSTN lines?
Those two Meridians have been sitting in boxes unused for 25 years and they would be considered part of "M2xxx Aries" line. They were cool in their day -- they had infrared hookswitches (no levers), no buttons, and a piano-like touch interface that you could create custom ring tones with (stored on the phone itself), as well as private number directories (again, stored locally on the phone, not the PBX). Back in those days, the set would connect to an ordinary digital line card (NT8D02). The only thing I can think of that would be reasonable in a residential setting is a used Option 11c mini, but it's impossible to find one that works where the passwords are known, etc. etc. Any ideas? Here are some shots of it.
I know a UCx20 can handle Unistim IP sets like the 1165E, i2007, i2004 (Phase 0 BNR purple), and the 1535 video SIP phones Nortel issued in its final days. But, I've got two old legacy Meridian M3000 LCD Touchphones that came out with X11 Release 7 (late 80s?). I don't know if they were ever de-supported in a future release after manufacturing stopped. Can I get these sets to work on 100% UCx hardware/software to call each other, and make and receive calls from analog PSTN lines?
Those two Meridians have been sitting in boxes unused for 25 years and they would be considered part of "M2xxx Aries" line. They were cool in their day -- they had infrared hookswitches (no levers), no buttons, and a piano-like touch interface that you could create custom ring tones with (stored on the phone itself), as well as private number directories (again, stored locally on the phone, not the PBX). Back in those days, the set would connect to an ordinary digital line card (NT8D02). The only thing I can think of that would be reasonable in a residential setting is a used Option 11c mini, but it's impossible to find one that works where the passwords are known, etc. etc. Any ideas? Here are some shots of it.