AT&T No. 1/1A Electronic Switching System (1/1A ESS)
(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
Books
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EOBS2 pgs 413, 415-20, 451-452, 459-460, 461, 463.
Periodical Articles and Conference Papers
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"The Ferreed - A New Switching Device", BSTJ 39:1 Jan 1960 pgs 1-30.
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"Full-Scale Electronic Central Office Planned for New Jersey", BLR
40:1 Jan 1962 pgs 38-40.
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"The Ferreed", BSTJ 43:1 Jan 1964 pgs 1-14.
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"The Ferreed", BLR 42:2 Feb 1964 pgs 70-74.
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Issue of The Bell System Technical Journal on the No. 1 Electronic
Switching System, BSTJ 43:5:1,2 Sep 1964.
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"No. 1 ESS: System Organization and Objectives", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964
pgs 1831-1844.
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"Organization of No. 1 ESS Central Processor", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964
pgs 1845-1922.
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"Organization of the No. 1 ESS Stored Program", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964
pgs 1923-1959.
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"No. 1 ESS Maintenance Plan", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 1961-2019.
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"No. 1 ESS Bus System", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2021-2054.
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"No. 1 ESS Logic Circuits and Their Application to the Design of the
Central Control", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2055-2095.
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"No. 1 ESS Program Store", BSTJ 43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2097-2146.
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"No. 1 ESS ESS Call Store - A 0.2 Megabit Ferrite Sheet Memory", BSTJ
43:5:1 Sep 1964 pgs 2147-2191.
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"No. 1 ESS Switching Network Plan", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2193-
2220.
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"No. 1 ESS Switching Network Frames and Circuits", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep
1964 pgs 2221-2253.
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"No. 1 ESS Scanner, Signal Distributor, and Central Pulse
Distributor", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2255-2282.
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"No. 1 ESS Master Control Center", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2283-2319.
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"Line, Trunk, Junctor, and Service Circuits for No. 1 ESS", BSTJ
43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2321-2353.
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"No. 1 ESS Apparatus and Equipment", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2355-
2439.
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"No. 1 ESS Circuit Packs and Connectors", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs
2441- 2456.
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"PROCESS III - A Compiler-Assembler for No. 1 ESS", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep
1964 pgs 2457-2481.
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"No. 1 ESS Call Processing", BSTJ 43:5:2 Sep 1964 pgs 2483-2531.
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"Translations in the No. 1 Electronic Switching System", BSTJ 43:5:2
Sep 1964 pgs 2533-2573.
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"System Testing of the No. 1 Electronic Switching System", BSTJ 43:5:2
Sep 1964 pgs 2575-2592.
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"New Electronic Switching System Will Offer a Variety of Services",
BLR 42:10 Nov 1964 pg 379.
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"A New Electronic Switching System", IEEE Spectrum 2:x Feb 1965 pgs
87-94 (also COSW pgs 1-12).
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"No. 1 Electronic Switching System", ITCT COM-13:1 Mar 1965 pgs 38-41.
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Issue of the Bell Laboratories Record on the No. 1 Electronic
Switching System, BLR 43:6 Jun 1965.
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"Electronic Switching", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 194-195.
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"The Evolution of Telephone Switching", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 196-203.
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"From Morris to Succasunna", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 204-209.
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"Features and Services", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 210-213.
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"The Stored Program", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 214-221.
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"The Control Unit", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 222-227.
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"Memory Devices", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 228-235.
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"The Switching Network", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 236-240.
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"Mechanical Design", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 241-245.
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"Power System and Ringing and Tone Plants", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs
246-250.
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"A New Approach to System Maintenance", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 251-255.
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"Testing the System", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 268-273.
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"Cut-over at Succasunna", BLR 43:6 Jun 1965 pgs 274-275.
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"ESS 'UPSTAT'", Bell Telephone Magazine 44:2 Summer 1965 pgs 40-45.
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"A Computer Program for No. 1 ESS Junctor Assignments", BLR 44:6 Jun
1966 pgs 192-196.
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"Electronic Switching System for AUTOVON", ICC'66.
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"Service Experience with No. 1 ESS Equipment", ICES'66 pgs 712-716.
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"AMA For No. 1 ESS", BLR 44:8 Sep 1966 pgs 271-276.
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"Translations and Recent-Change Information in No. 1 ESS", BLR 45:3
Mar 1967 pgs 83-86.
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"Evaluating the First No. 1 ESS Offices", BLR 45:11 Dec 1967 pgs 350-
355.
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"Trunk and Line Testing for No. 1 ESS", BLR 45:11 Dec 1967 pgs 369-
372.
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"Early No. 1 ESS Field Experiences: I - Two-Wire System for Commercial
Applications", ITCT COM-15:6 Dec 1967 pgs 744-750.
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"Early No. 1 ESS Field Experiences: II - Four-Wire System for
Government and Military Applications", ITCT COM-15:6 Dec 1967 pgs
751-754.
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"Centrex Service in No. 1 ESS", NEC'68 pgs 661-666.
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"Centrex Service in No. 1 ESS", BLR 46:10 Nov 1968 pgs 332-338.
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"Revamping the Ferreed Switch", BLR 47:2 Feb 1969 pgs 53-56.
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"Maintenance of a Large Electronic Switching System", ITCT COM-17:1
Feb 1969 pgs 1-9.
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"An Electrically Alterable NDRO Memory System Using a Twistor", ITCT
COM-17:2 Apr 1969 pgs 93-99.
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"On-Line Retrofitting of Electronic Switching Systems", ITCT COM-17:2
Apr 1969 pgs 99-103.
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"The No. 1 ESS Signal Processor", BLR 47:4 Apr 1969 pgs 120-124.
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"Interfacing ESS with the Preexisting Telephone System", ICSTTN pgs
455-458.
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"No. 1 ESS Service Experience - Software", ICSTTN pgs 459-462.
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"No. 1 ESS Service Experience - Hardware", ICSTTN pgs 463-466.
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"Reoptimization of Call Stores for No. 1 ESS", ICSTTN pgs 467-470.
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"Transmission Aspects of No. 1 ESS", ICSTTN pgs 471-474.
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"Development History of No. 1 ESS - Software", ICSTTN pgs 475-478.
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"Generic Programs for No. 1 ESS", BLR 47:6 Jul 1969 pgs 210-214.
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"ESS - Four Years Old", BLR 47:7 Aug 1969 pgs 226-232.
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"The Piggyback Twistor Store", BLR 47:11 Dec 1969 pgs 359-364.
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Issue of The Bell System Technical Journal partly on "No. 1 ESS ADF",
BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: System Organization and Objectives", BSTJ 49:10 Dec
1970 pgs 2733-2752.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: Message Processing Program Organization", BSTJ 49:10
Dec 1970 pgs 2753-2829.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: Maintenance Plan", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2831-2856.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: Autonomous Data Scanner and Distributor", BSTJ 49:10
Dec 1970 pgs 2857-2885.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: Message Store - A Disk Memory System", BSTJ 49:10 Dec
1970 pgs 2887-2913.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: Magnetic Tape Subsystem", BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs
2915-2940.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: Teletypewriter Stations and Transmission Facilities",
BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2941-2973.
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"No. 1 ESS ADF: System Testing and Early Field Operation Experience",
BSTJ 49:10 Dec 1970 pgs 2975-3004.
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"A Decade of ESS", BLR 48:11 Dec 1970 pgs 318-325.
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"What's New in No. 1 ESS", BLR 49:6 Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 166-170.
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"Service Link Network Simplifies No. 1 ESS Call Handling", BLR 49:6
Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 171-173.
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"Streamlined Programs and Expanded Use of Memories Boost No. 1 ESS
Capacity", BLR 49:6 Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 174-175.
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"Emergency Action for No. 1 ESS", BLR 49:6 Jun/Jul 1971 pgs 176-179.
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"No. 1 ESS PBX Service Offering By an Electronic Central Office",
IFEC'71 pg 56.
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"New Memory Reduces No. 1 ESS Cost and Size", BLR 50:4 Apr 1972 pgs
120-123.
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"Auxiliary Programs for No. 1 ESS", BLR 50:4 Apr 1972 pg 130.
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"Software Protection in No. 1 ESS", ISS'72 pgs 565-569.
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"Major Trends in Switching", BLR 50:9 Oct 1972 pgs 270-278.
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"Patrol Surveys Traffic for No. 1 ESS Offices", BLR 51:3 Mar 1973 pgs
72-77.
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"Getting the Most Out of Stored Program Control", BLR 51:6 Jun 1973
pgs 181-185.
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"The Remreed Network: A Smaller, More Reliable Switch", BLR 51:7
Jul/Aug 1973 pgs 202-207.
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"Philadelphia Story", Bell Telephone Magazine, 52:3 1973 pgs 2-5.
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"No. 1 ESS Processors: How Dependable Have They Been?", BLR 52:1 Jan
1974 pgs 21-25.
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"Meeting Small Business Customer Needs with No. 1 ESS", BLR 52:6 Jun
1974 pgs 187-191.
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"Business Communications Services from ESS Central Offices", ICC'74
paper 34C-1.
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"No. 1 ESS Local/Toll/Tandem", ISS'74 pgs 526/1-526/4 (also COSW pgs
13-16).
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"Upgrading Multilocation Services with No. 1 ESS", BLR 53:6 Jun 1975
pgs 264-271.
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"Serving Hotels, Motels, and Hospitals", BLR 53:6 Jun 1975 pgs 272-
277.
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"Introducing CAMA Features to No. 1 ESS", BLR 53:10 Nov 1975 pgs 395-
399.
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"Controlling Large Electronic Switching Systems", BLR 54:2 Feb 1976
pgs 30-33.
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Issue of The Bell System Technical Journal on "Remreed Switching
Networks for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976.
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: System Overview", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun
1976 pgs 503-509.
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Development of a Remanent Reed
Sealed Contact", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 511-535.
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Switches", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun
1976 pgs 537-564.
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Network Electronic Control",
BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 565-595.
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Line Scanner", BSTJ 55:5
May-Jun 1976 pgs 597-606.
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Physical Design of Remreed Switching
Networks", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 607-636
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Transmission Design and
Environmental Protection of Remreed Networks", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976
pgs 637-661.
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"R.S.N. for No. 1 and No. 1A ESS: Remreed Contact and Switching
Network Evaluation", BSTJ 55:5 May-Jun 1976 pgs 663-680.
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"1A ESS: Newest, Largest-Capacity Local Switch Cuts Over Early", BLR
55:1 Jan 1977 pgs 15-20.
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"No. 1 ESS Furnishes ACD Service", BLR 56:3 Mar 1978 pgs 76-82.
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"Modifying No. 1 ESS for Enhanced Private Network Service", BLR 57:2
Feb 1979 pgs 46-52.
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"Microprocessor Controlled T-Carrier Interface for No. 1/1A ESS",
ICC'80 paper 1.4.
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"The Digital Carrier Trunk - A 'Smart' Move Toward Increased ESS
Capabilities", BLR 58:10 Nov 1980 pgs 341-345.
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"Coping with Overloads", BLR 59:6 Jul/Aug 1981 pgs 183-185.
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"A Central Office Steps Up", BLR 59:10 Dec 1981 pgs 298-303.
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"We're More Than Halfway There", BLR 60:5 May/Jun 1982 pgs 113-115.
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"No. 1/1A ESS - SPC Network Capabilities and Signaling Architecture",
BSTJ 61:7:3 Sep 1982 pgs 1611-1636.
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"Mapping Strategies for a Relational View of the No. 1A ESS
Translations Data Base", ICC'83 paper A4.3.
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"Teaching the 1A ESS Switch to Speak Korean", BLR 61:6 Jul/Aug 1983
pgs 11-14.
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"Call Failure Analysis", 4th WTF paper 1.3.4.
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"Monitoring the 'Health' of 1/1A ESS Switches", BLR 61:10 Dec 1983 pgs
13-15.
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"Attached Processor for 4 ESS and 1A ESS Switches", ISS'84 paper
22A.3.
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"CENTREX: A Long Time Winner That Still Looks Good", Telephony Oct 8
1984 pgs 43-48.
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"Helping Switches to Account for Themselves", BLR 63:2 Mar 1985 pgs
16-22.
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"New Voice and Data Features for Centrex", BLR 63:3 May 1985 pgs 4-9.
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"LASS: Putting the Telephone Customer in Charge", BLR 63:3 May 1985
pgs 10-16.
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"Just When You Thought It Made Sense to Get Rid of Centrex ...", DC
15:3 Mar 1986 pgs 118-129.
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"The Old 1A - It's Not Dead Yet!", Telephony 216:21 May 22 1989 pgs
72-82.
Web Pages and Websites
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Wikipedia article "1ESS switch".