Python library for 1990s AT&T Attendant Console

by diamondman • 7 years ago

6 1 7 years ago

diamondman• 7 years ago

I found this attendant console in a thrift store in San Francisco for $4. It is covered with LEDs and buttons, and has a very high build quality. I thought about how hard it would be to make something similar today (with just the cost of LEDs and buttons), and decided to pick it up for a later project.

This repository is the result of my reverse engineering of the ATT26A hardware/firmware and includes:

  * Documentation of the hardware.
  * Documentation of the wire protocol.
  * Python library for driving the panel.
  * Example programs for using the python library.

These Attendant Consoles can be found on ebay for around $25 (at the time of writing). If you are into unusual display interfaces, pick one up and see what you can do.

New examples, patches, and new language bindings welcome.

Happy hacking!

Python library for 1990s AT&T Attendant Console

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