Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: gaarder@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Gaarder) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Building Your Own Home PBX Message-ID: Date: 13 Nov 89 18:19:40 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 25 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 507, message 7 of 8 Is there anyone out there interested in working on designing a small PBX for home use? I've been tossing the idea arount for some time now. I know I can buy them, but there are advantages to building one's own: - You can program it to do *anything*, and do it *exactly* as you want it. For example, in my local area there are only a dozen or so prefixes. I would like to choose extension numbers different from the starting digits of these prefixes, and not have to dial an access code for an outside line. - If you have a good junk box, it may be cheaper. - Building things is fun. A group effort would help a lot in speeding up the process, and makes the of producing PC boards more feasible, which would save a lot of construction time. I suppose electronic switching is best, although at surplus prices Good Old Relays might be a viable option. The thing could be controlled by a single-board computer. Anyone interested should write to me at gaarder@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu on the Internet, or {backbone}!cornell!batcomputer!gaarder on UUCP. Steven Gaarder Ithaca, N.Y.