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This is kinda off my topic but my dad works at camp Ripley and they still use the old western electric 2500 phones in placesof course in BROWN !!! witch surprises me they are just about all VoIP they don't have fax lines anymore!!! I could of had a 2554 set but I wasn't interested in phones shortly after that I was I am still kicking myself!!!

if anyone has any rotary phones and line cards or anything i will pay for shipping

Look back at the post from Lou "godfather" on December 06, 2011 09:49, he offered you some ITT 400E line cards. Send him a PM (private message) if you want them.

Also, there is a green rotary phone on e-Bay right now for $9.99 (no cord), and Western Electric 400G line cards for $3. If you are patient on eBay you can pick up stuff for small $$ that the collectors don't want (since some items are not "perfect".) You don't need perfect, just working!

Good luck ! -Alan

i was wondering if i wanted to could i hook my system up to a ip pbx??? astrisk or 3cx??? also if i did would the 1a2 system show the pbx that a line is in use??? so for example if i have a cisco ip phone as an operator phone would the pbx and key system show a line in use all across the system??? and is there anyway i could add a loud speaker set up for paging??? also i am still looking for parts such as phones, cards, ect.
thank you all for your help

I don;t think that would work. IP (VOIP) lines are not analog lines. 1A2 eq would not see them.
And why would you want to do that??????

Sure, you can use 1A2 (or any analog common battery telephone) on PC-based Asterisk. You need to create an extension list, then send them to a Digium (or clone) T1 card in the PC. Then a T1 span (data patch cord wired for T1) to a channel bank. You can then derive up to 24 analog lines that can be in your dial plan, and can home into the line cards of the 1A2 system.

That's the way most of us in C*NET do it. (See www.ckts.info)

Adtran 750 and 850 channel banks with FSX cards are plentiful and cheap on the auction places. I bought a new-in-box 750 equipped with 24 FXS ports for one cent plus the cost of shipping.