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Mitel Forums => Mitel SX200, SX2000, and older SX platforms => Topic started by: rotary dial tommy on January 19, 2018, 08:31:30 PM

Title: Old SX2000 Dark
Post by: rotary dial tommy on January 19, 2018, 08:31:30 PM

Has anyone here worked on the ancient SX2000 Dark with the black cabinets and the entire shelf of control cards . When we retired those and put in 2000 lights it was HAPPY days .

Title: Re: Old SX2000 Dark
Post by: ralph on January 22, 2018, 07:55:55 AM

I started with the SX2000 back in 1986 (I think that was the year)
The software version was E stream.
The cabinets were bigger than most refrigerators.
I put a few of those in.

Life is so much better now.

Ralph

Title: Re: Old SX2000 Dark
Post by: v2win on January 22, 2018, 02:27:24 PM

I kind of miss working on those old hunks of metal.

Title: Re: Old SX2000 Dark
Post by: rotary dial tommy on January 22, 2018, 03:21:34 PM

Your memory is  spot on Ralph we installed 3 of the darks in 3 hospitals i986  with AVT voice mail systems I think with COV intergration .

Title: Re: Old SX2000 Dark
Post by: ralph on January 23, 2018, 07:33:57 AM

That was back in the days when some systems didn't have voice mail.  "They'll answer the damn phone!"

ONS and COV integrations.  Even did some with E&M integration.

I remember the pain of backing up and loading software to/from 8 inch floppies.
Then tape.  If I remember correctly, there was a bug in the backup software in one of the first versions of the light where it looked like it backed up but didn't.  That caused us to have to reprogram a switch from scratch.

BTW: I take credit for installing the first non-beta Light Switch in the US.  Another dealer in CA cut over the same day but we're 4 hours ahead.  ;)

Ralph

Title: Re: Old SX2000 Dark
Post by: rotary dial tommy on January 23, 2018, 06:47:45 PM

I remember the 8 inch floppies fondly when working on ROLM 8000s , FDMP 0 listening to drive clicking . Programming from a silent 700 at 300 baud .