Since my current residence in 2010, this list has become exhaustive
The top of the list is actual telephones that can be connected a Plain Ol Telephone Connection or the old fashioned DIY intercom. This was what TMOT was supposed to be not some modern proprietary stuff. The lower the list are the stereotypical “Office phones” that are basically glorified electronic devices that needs a “brain”, a controller or phone system beit a PBX or Key Telephone or a specific Voice over IP server. Office phones and home phones are not the same and cannot be connected to either one.
Set Name | Vendor/Brand | Type | Color | Notes | Pic |
AE/GTE 500 | AT/GTE | Analog/Rotary | Beige | Acquired in 2024 | |
Trendline | AE/GTE | Analog/Rotary | Beige | Acquired in 2024 | |
2554 | AT&T (Post Divesiture) | Analog/DTMF | Beige | Acquired in 2014, thrifted | ![]() |
2564 Key Telephone | Cortelco/ITT | Analog/DTMF | Beige | Acquired in 2024
(Made in March 1987!) |
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Comdial 2500 | Comdial/SC | Analog/DTMF | Brown | Acquired by a family friend, used to be a Wang Laboratories office phone. | ![]() |
1709 Key Telephone | Stromberg Carlson | Key/DTMF | Beige | ![]() |
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Stromber Carlson 1543 | Stromberg Carlson | Analog/Rotary | Black | Acquired in a Facebook group in 2018 | ![]() |
Modded Ringer | Western Electric | Analog/Rotary | Wood | Modded device, acquired by NHTM’s sale, | |
302 Dialless | Western Electric | Analog/Dialless | Black | Acquired from NHTM’s phone sale in 2022, became one of the oldest made in the collection | |
500 Rotary | Western Electric | Analog/Rotary | Black | Acquired in 2022, made in 1951- was the oldest phone in the collection | |
564 Rotary | Cortelco/ITT | Analog/Rotary | Black | Acquired by an etsy seller in 2015 | ![]() |
500 Rotary | Western Electric | Analog/Rotary | Black | 2016 | |
500 Rotary | Western Electric | Analog/Rotary | Black | 2011 | |
500 Rotary | Western Electric | Analog/Rotary | White | Acquired in 2016, the network is busted | |
500 Rotary | Western Electric | Analog/Rotary | Green | One of the first acquired of antiques, 2018 | |
Trimline | Western Electric | Analog DTMF | Beige | Acquired aprox 2009 | |
Trimline | Western Electric | Analog/Rotary | Beige | ![]() |
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Trimline | Western Electric | Analog DTMF | Orange | Bought thrifted in 2018 (Serendipity in Milford, NH) |
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Logic-1 | Northern Telecom/Nortel | Analog/DTMF | White | Acquired thrifted in 2011 | ![]() |
Venture | Nortel/Aastra | Analog/DTMF | Grey | Acquired on Mercari in 2021, it wasn’t tested until 2023, there are some hardware issues because of age | ![]() |
Nortel/Aastra 390 | Aastra | Analog DTMF | Black | Acquired by Joe the UCX Guy, 2016 | |
Nortel/Aastra 390 | Aastra | Analog/DTMF | White | Acquired thrifted in 2011. Handsfree shorts the set |
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9617 | Nortel (aastra) | Analog/DTMF | Black | Received by Joe the UCX Guy in 2016, one of the first USB/TAPI desk phone. The brains also makes it function like a soft phone | |
Sprint 9111 Business Telephone | Sprint (but made by Mitel) | Analog/PC/DTMF | White | Acquired in 2024; it’s a Serial (or USB with appropriate software) similar to the Nortel 9617 | |
System 612 | Tandy/RadioShack | Analog/DTMF | Black | This POTS telephone has intercom compatibility (if used on the same circuit) Up to 4 POTS lines supported. This was on the shelves of a local pawn shop for at least a couple of years before I made the decision to buy them both in 2024 |
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Starplus II | Vodavi | Analog/DTMF | White | Acquired thrifted in 2015 | |
Starplus II | Vodavi | Analog/DTMF | White | Acquired in 2019, busted condition. this resulted in a funny Facebook live stream that same year |
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Wang Telemodem II | Wang Laboratories | Analog/DTMF | Grey | The original box is in tact, as I previously elluded to, the only thing I could find on the Web was someone’s LinkedIn profile from the Hudson, NH area claiming development of the “Telemodem” as the Lowell, Mass HQ was once not too far from where I live. | ![]() |
6408D+ | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Grey | 3 were bought by moi in 2011/2012 | |
6418D+ | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Grey | Bought by moi in 2011 | |
6408D+ | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Grey | Acquired by my Montana follower (2017 and 2018) | |
6424D+ | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Grey | Bought in a neighborhood in 2011 | |
6424D+ | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Grey | Acquired by my Montana follower in 2017 and 2018 2x | |
8434DX | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Black | Acquired 2 in 2015 | |
8410D | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Black | Acquired by my Montana follower, (1) in 2015, (2) in 2020 | ![]() |
CallMasterIV | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Black | Acquired in 2016 from an eBay seller |
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10 MET | Western Electric (Avaya) | Electronic Telephone | Oak/White | Acquired in the Capehart Telephone Collection from Texas in an online auction in 2022. This collector was featured on one of The History Chanel reality-shows | ![]() |
302B | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Black | Attendant Console for the Definity PBX system. Acquired in 2017 via eBay before realizing… | |
302C | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Black | Attendant Console for the Definity PBX system Acquired my Montana follower in 2017; it came as a suprise after buying the 302B myself |
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1416 Digital Deskphone | Avaya | Proprietary Digital | Black | Acquired in 2020 from Montana, similar to the 1616 paper-desi IP Phone, it has about 85% compatibility with a Definity PBX R9 (Just don’t tell Avaya!) |
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7407 Voice Terminal | AT&T (Avaya) | Proprietary Digital | Black | Given to me in late oughts | |
Cisco 7970 IP Phone | Cisco | Proprietary IP | Grey | Was given to me in 2017, but left it for display because I wanted to preserve the functionality of it’s time. It has the older Cisco logo and Java logo that was from the Sun Microsystem’s independent years |
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Mitel 5330 IP Phone | Mitel | “Dual Mode” IP Phone | Black | Acquired 2015, was part of the Mitel 3300 |
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Mitel 5220 IP Phone | Mitel | “Dual Mode” IP Phone | Black | Acquired in 2015, was part of the 3300 |
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Mitel 5020 IP Phone | Mitel | Proprietary IP | Black | Acquired in 2017 | ![]() |
4625 IP | Avaya | Proprietary IP | Grey | Acquired in 2017 from an eBay seler |
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4602 IP SW | Avaya | Propriatary/SIP | Grey | Acquired at a Savers find in 2013 | ![]() |
Openstage 30 IP Phone | Mitel, then Unify (frm. Siemens) | SIP | “Lava” | Acquired thrifted on Mercari in 2020 |