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Subject: Re: POETS Sets
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In article <12003@accuvax.nwu.edu>, DJB@scri1.scri.fsu.edu writes:

> I was just given a box of instruments which are labeled "POETS EK-18
> TELEPHONE."  They do not work on a standard line.  Can anyone identify
> the type of system tha these instruments were designed for?

This is an electronic key system called the Walker Poet.  These are
four wire hybrid phones with analog on one pair and digital signalling
on the other.  The phones work only with the Walker Poet Key Service
Unit.


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