What year were the 6400 Digital Sets Introduced by Avaya/Lucent?

[GordonKapesMZ4]

Does anyone have a brief history of these sets and why there were released? What did they replace? Just curious....one of my favorite sets.

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[hairlessupportmonkey]

this is just sad!

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[tlpeter]

I think around 1885



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[amriddle01]

This is Peter's favourite handset ......

 

[GordonKapesMZ4]

Not big fans of the 6408s huh? lol.

I found out, 1998.

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[tlpeter]

Be aware that they are not supported anymore?

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[GordonKapesMZ4]

I know, but I see them everywhere still.....big user is Nordstrom and Macy's/Bloomingdales. Very surprised these companies haven't upgraded to the 96xx sets.



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[crumthwacket]

Why surprised? They work…and the economy sucks.

 

[GordonKapesMZ4]

True that Crumthwacket!

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[GordonKapesMZ4]

What I also find interesting about these sets, is when they were released they were released solely for the Definity platform, for a large PBX application, not for a small system like Partner. With the release of IP Office, Avaya blurred the lines and allowed the big PBX phones to be used on a potentially very small system such as an IP Office with 6 phones and 3 analog lines.

Did these 6400 sets work on the Merlin Magix or Merlin Legend too?

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[dphoneguy24]

No they didn't work on the Merlin Magix systems. When the Magix came out, they had those ugly 4400 series sets that were supported on IPO also.