Re: Info on Mechanical exchanges
This thread seriously disturbs me. As a young student (1963) I got hold of an old 5-bank linefinder uniselector and a large load of PO relays (including some slugged ones) and built a 20-line UAX for the hall of residence I was in. It was an old stately home and had "butler call buttons" in every room, so the exchange went in the cupboard under the butler flag box in the basement.
It was very much "my own design" and bore little resemblance to the genuine GPO article with Strowger kit. The local GPO telephone engineer was fascinated, and a long friendship ensued.
Nostalgia is setting in. I wonder if it's still there...
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