Thanks all very much for the help & pointers. I've found all of the documentation on asterisk (especially 1.2-1.4) to be more than adequate, and the voip-info wiki to be almost complete for many things I've had to do in the past.
I also back in 2004 was able to bring up several high end large scale systems and asterisk was a major help to keeping food on the table! Hey! I LOVE my Atari (800XL) 64K And Star Raiders is the bomb!!! I'm 41 now :-) And oddly Motorola 8 bit assembly language is the only serious programming work I have ever done. I'm now a stuck-up snob spoiled and too good to learn a high level programming language because I've worked with the 'cool stuff'! :-) Steve > >> Wilton Helm wrote: >> >> [snip] >>> >>> My conclusion after installing a worthless * demo (that actually does >>> allow two SIPs to talk to each other) is that Asterisk is not of any >>> value to anyone other than a person who makes a full time career out >>> of running Asterisk systems. I've installed and maintained several >>> traditional PABXs and even wrote the control firmware (in 6502 >>> assembly) for one, with sizes from 6 stations to 300 stations, >>> including things like DID. It was kindergarten compared to Asterisk, >>> and primarily because of the huge information vacuum. > > I'm impressed that you picked up 6502 assembly out of an even larger > "vaccum" considering there was no 'net back then to help at all. Did > you install a PBX on an Atari? :) > > There is an immense amount of information about Asterisk and Linux in > general on the net, and it just requires diligence, patience, and an open > mind to find and utilize. Even better, read the source if you have > questions. Lots of READMEs, comments, and other lists to help > specifically with development. It certainly helps to be Unix inclined, > and if you have no interest in moving in that direction, you are probably > better off with traditional systems. > > j > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users