Installation manual
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Soon after, AT&T introduced Spirit, for very small systems. The Spirit
system had some design defect which caused AT&T to cease manufacture in
a short time, and was the basis of a class action lawsuit. AT&T settled with
discount coupons for maintenance or additional parts.
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Spirit was a feature-
poor system, and of little interest here. Partner replaced Spirit, and continues
to present-day; it has also replaced smaller Merlin systems.
Appendix A, “Comparison of Avaya phone offerings,” on page 44, offers a
detailed comparison between Avaya’s current offerings.
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Avaya has kindly posted many old manuals on their web site in PDF format.
Look at http://support.Avaya.com for their Product Documentation
section.
Some information can be found in old AT&T manuals and by cruising public
web auctions.
The Web forum “Tek-Tips” has a channel devoted to Partner phone systems;
start at http://www.tek-tips.com. Send them some money to keep the
web site alive.
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According to the Chicago Clearinghouse, AT&T agreed to settle the case with transferable
coupons. Coupons were sent to all eligible class members who purchased AT&T Spirit
Phone Systems between April 21, 1987 and July 3, 1991. Coupon holders were entitled one
of the following options:
- 20% discount off the best-negotiated price on selected AT&T phone systems
- 20% discount toward the purchase of a 4-year maintenance contract
- 20% discount toward the purchase of selected phone products from AT&T's sourcebook
AT&T coupons, good toward the purchase of a complete phone system, new 4 year
maintenance contracts, or products in the AT&T Sourcebook.