Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Building a 1A2 Key Service Unit Message-ID: <11403@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 27 Aug 90 19:10:05 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 26 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 600, Message 2 of 9 Beach@cup.portal.com writes: > $50 would probably get you a complete system with phones if you call > the right place. Since not many businesses WANT 1A2 stuff, and it > gets traded in all the time, the trade in stuff is cheap and easy to > come by. Jeez, anyone who shows up at my doorstep can have, absolutely free, any and all 1A2 stuff they can find in my garage. There is at least one KSU with an assortment of standard and specialized line cards, at least five telephones in pretty good shape, and an assortment of other 1A2-style garbage. > Do some calling in your area. In this case I think it is cheaper > to buy it than build it. With the advent of cheap electronic key equipment (that doesn't require the bulky 25 pair cable), someone's elevator would have to stop short of the top floor to want to mess around with 1A2 anymore. My business associate, the most die-hard of 1A2 enthusiasts, has finally given up the cause. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !