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AT&T Archives: The Step-By-Step Switch

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AT&T Archives: The Step-By-Step Switch

A 1951 Bell System training film showing how telephone calls are routed through a step-by-step (Strowger) switching office.

HN uses it as a favorite old explainer for mechanical telephone switching.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2020–2023

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  • History of computing
  • Networking & internet infrastructure

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