I don't know if this will be seen by anyone who can help, but I love my   
   antique telephones... I love the sound of the mechanical bell... and the   
   heaviness of the handsets.   
      
   I have a box that lets my cell phone act as an inbound line on my POTS   
   channels and it also gates my ip phone in as the landline... however there's   
   not enough voltage to make my phones ring... and there's a box from australia   
   that will take the rotary phones and read the pulses then dial out.   
      
   I love the sound of mechanical ringers though.   
      
   Allen   
      
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