I’m either utterly insane or looking for a bit of a fun challenge.
Briefly, I want to install a Merlin Legend phone system at home and connect some standard phones to it.
Most of the system phones will be the classic BIS-10 speakerphones so we can intercom and page to the far corners of the house, but I’ve got a bunch of regular phones that I want to put into the system by way of an 016 board. I may even put some rotary dial phones in - there are adapters that not only convert rotary pulses to touch tones, but they can also let you dial # and *.
Am I completely nuts, or does this make sense? The Merlin Legend equipment has gotten quite cheap - close, but not quite to the “one week’s groceries for us” price level for a system with the line boards and processor.