I wonder how many operating 5ESS are left now.

Talk about a gargantuan project.. also awesome to bag such a thing. He's lucky to even have the resources to store^W warehouse it

Visiting Bletchley Park and seeing step-by-step telephone switching equipment repurposed for computing re-enforced my appreciation for the brilliance of the telecommunication systems we created in the past 150 years. Packet switching was inevitable and IP everything makes sense in today's world, but something was lost in that transition too. I am glad to see that enthusiasts with the will and means are working to preserve some of that history. -Posted from SC2025-

(2024), but still a good read!