Newbie question

Dear Sirs,
Can a computer running Asterisk software to handle normal pstn telephone lines without voip ?

For example to answer an incoming call (of the pstn landline, play a welcome message and forward the call to another telephone device (connected with RJ11)
Thank you

That is what it was originally designed for.

Please, when using forums summarise the question in the subject, e.g. “Can Asterisk connect calls between PSTN lines without using VoIP?”

Thank you a lot David