Merlin Phones
Added 2025-06-05 21:14:50 +0000 UTCI should've waited one day to film that last video, the Merlin phones have started to show up. Notice one branded Lucent, the Merlin line had a very long lifespan. The AT&T branded one went out of warranty in 1986. I'm happy to have two of the metal stands, my understanding is they eventually switched to plastic.
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Awh man so cool, ever thought of getting a Nortel BCM and running some older nortel phones?
Leo Simmons
2025-06-06 14:13:21 +0000 UTCI used a Merlin phone system for the first 4 years of my time at my employer. It seems to be a newer and much more capable one, it supported 16 analog lines plus had a T1 module for 23 more call paths. We also had well north of 50 phones connected to the system and the voicemail was handled by a DOS PC with a 6-line modem card and the Merlin software. It's long gone now and was replaced by a ShoreTel VoIP system. The phones were all plastic and had a 2 or 3 line LCD with 8 line buttons and the usual feature buttons. I do not miss that system 😂
John Bailey
2025-06-06 01:27:03 +0000 UTC
