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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
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Subject: Review of NT's Meridian DV-1 (pbx & cpu)
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 19:59:39 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 19:59:39 1985
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<>I had an opportunity to see a demo of the Northern Telecom Meridian DV-1.
This is a combination of a PBX and CPU for up to about 100 lines.  It can
handle ordinary telephones, but the show-off voice/data terminal was their
M4020.  This has a screen & keyboard, and a telephone handset & speaker-
phone.  The DV-1 has a built-in cpu (68010) running DVIX (Unix V) with a
hard disk, and can have additional cpu models added.  These can have
different processors, such as an 80286. 
  From the terminal you can consult a telephone directory, autodial out,
do all sort of nice ring-back, camp-on, conference, etc. sorts of things,
but you can also edit data files, do spreadsheets, wp, etc., and then
call up a colleague and share the session on both of your screens while
you discuss over the speaker-phone and change the data, etc.  You can
get a board for an IBM PC/compatible to work with the system (but, of
course, it won't have the phone built in.)
  The whole setup works smoothly and appears well thought out.  Anyone
interested in data/voice/office-automation should take a look.
--henry schaffer