[vcf-midatlantic] Slightly off topic (retro telephony)

[Ethan]

> I have a AT&T Merlin Legend at home to run our collection of vintage 
> phones... similar situation that I haven't dealt with all these years later. 
> Someday that card is liable to fail and take the "OS" with it.
> I have a second/spare card for it that I'll throw in a laptop and see if it's 
> readable.
> We had Definity G3s at work back in the day but I wasn't able to haul that 
> home. ;)

Merlin Legend should have the software "internal" to the Processor card, 
with the PCMCIA slot just used for doing backups or doing system upgrades.

I believe some voice mail cards use PCMCIA cards as well, but the higher 
end ones went to notebook hard drives IIRC.

Still worth it to back EVERYTHING up. I still have a hard drive I pulled 
from my Merlin Legend MAP40 Audix computer (It runs Unix with the voice 
mail system for Legend) and the ISA voice cards. I also have the floppy 
set from the 386 Xenix based Audix system that goes with the Legend as 
well. I need to archive it all and set it free.

I've been looking for a Merlin Legend in the DC area for my friends for a 
while, so far none have turned up. Hope to load it with analog w/ ring gen 
cards for modems.

 			- Ethan