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From: lih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih)
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Subject: Prophetic ROLM Ad
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Date: 10 Aug 89 07:05:32 GMT
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> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 89 13:10:10 PDT From: Tom Ace
> 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, and more.  We have a Rolm PBX.  The repairman told
> me a card in the PBX was taken out by a power disturbance, and that we
> ought to have a power line conditioner.  I told him a PBX ought to
> have a more tolerant power supply; he smiled knowingly.  Dozens of
> computers in the same building (Apollos, Macs, others) had no
> problems.

> The same day, I called someone at another company in another state,
> and the voice mail was broken in their Rolm PBX.

Make sure to add this Ivy league institution to that list of broken
PhoneMail sites.  Here at Columbia, we will not have any voice mail
capabilities for an entire 7 days while fixes are being made to the
system.  This all came very suddenly and no real explanation was
given.  It seems that many sites of PhoneMail seem to going down.  Is
there a general bug that has caused ROLM PhoneMail to be immediately
shut down?

We also have the problem with the ROLM power supplies.  They have had a
history of breaking down after several months of use.

Andrew Lih (lih@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu)
Columbia University Academic Computing