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Dragged a dead payphone out of the grave and shocked it back to life. Restored the light in the stand, now it’s proudly glowing like it did in the ’80s. Inside, it’s a Frankenstein mix of analog guts and digital soul making this phone hum again.

For the DIYers: the system flow goes

Analog POTS module → Grandstream HT801 → Raspberry Pi running the 3CX SBC → 3CX PBX / VoIP grid in the cloud.

3CX is the MVP here. Next up, I’d like to set up a self-hosted PBX, probably on Asterisk. Still need to dig into what the best options are.

#retrocomputing #diy #freedomtech #hacker #maker #techpunk #voip #payphone #art

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Thomas 2mo ago 💬 1

Wow! That’s awesome restoration work! But its not working anymore, right? Or do you plan to make phone calls possible too in some way?

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MoonKaptain 2mo ago

It works. I pulled all the guts out and replaced it with VoIP gear. All it needs is WiFi. The coin slots are non functional though. Free calls only.

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