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The Connections Museum in Seattle has one of these in operation (as well as other generations of mechanical and electronic switching) which is amazing to see an
by Arainach 2y ago
The Connections Museum in Seattle has one of these in operation (as well as other generations of mechanical and electronic switching) which is amazing to see and hear in person.
Here's the No. 5 Crossbar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKyXCZV_faY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKyXCZV_faY
The whole museum is absolutely worth repeated visits.
https://www.telcomhistory.org/connections-museum-seattle/ https://www.telcomhistory.org/connections-museum-seattle/
https://www.youtube.com/@ConnectionsMuseum https://www.youtube.com/@ConnectionsMuseum
- mkesper 2y agoDetailed info about the Strowger Telephone Exchange you can visit at "This museum is (not) obsolete" (https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com/ https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com/) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPH-tsD9ZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvPH-tsD9ZM
- ElevenLathe 2y agoI haven't seen anything from the Connections Museum to indicate they have any non-Bell CO stuff on display. Where are you seeing that they have an ITT/Pentacosta switch?
- wormius 2y agoI think they were referring to the general tech (crossbar) not the specific brand/models being the same. But it's good to point that out so people aren't confused about it, since these are technically two different switch models.
- Arainach 2y agoCorrect, I misremembered and was talking about crossbar in general.
- oersted 2y agoThank you so much for that video, thoroughly enjoyable!