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From: wing@social.dec.com
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Subject: Re: Prophetic ROLM Ad
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Date: 11 Aug 89 20:19:08 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 291, message 7 of 9

->Sure enough, when I got into work on Tuesday, several extensions in the
->building, including mine, were making bizarre noises from the speakers in
->their bases:  howls, fragments of various ringing tones, screeching noises,
->
->[Assorted Rolm problems described...]

->Just as I finished reading this article, _my_ Rolm-system extension,
->as well as several others nearby, started ringing continuously for
->no apparent reason. This has been happening several times a day for
->the last year, and Rolm is still unable to locate the problem
->in their switch. I suspect it is a design defect. Has anyone else
->on a Rolm PBX encountered this problem?


	Our whole building does it from time to time.  The electronic
	extensions flash all their lights and they ring incessantly.
	The "flash-phones" ring too.  After the ringing stops, we
	get "Error" on the display and a dead phone for a little while,
	then it starts acting like described above (howling, broken
	up ringing, etc...)

	Is there a company that makes a set that is compatible
	to Rolm's ETS-100A set?  It is our understanding that Rolm
	does not make ETS-100's anymore.  Ours are all, for lack of
	a better term, dying.  We keep using "reconditioned" phones,
	but, this is not a long term solution.  In 6 months I have
	has 12 phones.  Both of the ETS-100 and ETS-100A variety.  The
	Rolm serviceman has been here several times, but he seems
	to be fighting a losing battle.

--> :) John <--


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