Private Branch Exchanges (PBXs)
(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 
PBXs: General
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The Business Communications Review Manual of PBX's, First Edition;
L. Goeller Jr. and
J. Goldstone; 1980.
 
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"Reference Manual: Understanding Modern PBX Systems", A Business
Communications Review Seminar, 1978 (includes: "PBX Data Sheets --
Fall 1978").
 
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Glossary of Terminology: PBX Systems; The Marketing Programs and
Services Group, 1979.
 
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"Evaluating and Implementing Centrex Service", BCR Mar-Apr 73 pgs
22-28.
 
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"Those Awful PBX Proposals", BCR Mar-Apr 1978.
 
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"Those Awful PBX Proposals - Part 2, System Descriptions", BCR May-Jun
1978 pgs 3-20.
 
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"Those Awful PBX Proposals - Part 3, System and Console Features", BCR
Jul-Aug 1978 pgs 3-12.
 
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"Those Awful PBX Proposals - Part 4, Station and Maintenance
Features", BCR Sep-Oct 1978.
 
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"To Queue or Not To Queue?", BCR Mar-Apr 1979 pgs 10-15.
 
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"EIA Standard RS464: PBX Switching Equipment for Voiceband
Applications", TE&M Feb 15 1980 pgs 71-73.
 
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"PBX-T1 Interfaces", BCR 15:5 Sep-Oct 1985 pgs 27-31.
 
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"Back to the Future: The Power of 1A2", BCR 17:4 Jul-Aug 1987 pgs
28-32.
 
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"Private Branch Exchanges: The Best Time to Shop May Be Right Now", DC
Aug 1987 pgs 100-122.
 
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"PBX Vendors Jockey for Position", BCR 18:1 Jan-Feb 1988 pgs 7-10.
 
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"Running Digital: PBX Connections to the T1 Pipe", BCR 18:2 Mar-Apr
1988 pgs 24-26.
 
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"Changing Sides, Places, Names, and Faces", TE&M 92:9:1 May 1 1988 pgs
49-55.
 
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"Comparing PBXs for Voice/Data Integration", BCR 18:3 May-Jun 1988 pgs
50-56.
 
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"ISDN PBX Systems - Next Generation or Next Generality?",
Telecommunications (North American Edition) 23:3 Mar 1989 pgs 33-40.
 
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"Request and Status Links - A New Way to Link Computers and PBXs",
BCR 20:2 Feb 1990 pgs 29-33.
 
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"AT&T, Northern and Rolm: Comparing the Leading PBXs", BCR 20:3 Mar
1990 pgs 26-31.
 
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"Linking PBXs and Computers: An Overview of Selected Products" (RSL
products), BCR 20:3 Mar 1990 pgs 41-46.
 
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"Appraising PBXs with an Eye Toward ISDN", DC 19:6 May 1990 pgs
105-112.
 
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"Automatic Call Processing: The Human Factors", BCR 20:10 Oct 1990 pgs
26-32.
 
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"The Search for Tomorrow's PBX", TE&M 95:7 Apr 1 1991 pgs 50-52.
 
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"Feature-Transparent PBX Networks", BCR 21:5 May 1991 pgs 37-42.
 
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"PBX Capabilities for the Mid-1990s", BCR 21:9 Sep 1991 pgs 51-57.
 
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EIA Standard RS-464, "Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Switching
Equipment for Voiceband Applications", Engineering Department,
Electronic Industries Association, December 1979.
 
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EIA Standards Project SP-1474 (Proposed Addendum 1 to RS-464),
"Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Switching Equipment for Voiceband
Applications", Issue 1, December 1981, prepared by EIA Engineering
Committee TR-41.
 
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"Switched Special Services and Private Branch Exchange Services", REA
Telecommunications Engineering and Construction Manual, section 470,
Issue No. 1, June 1980.
 
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PUB 48002, "Functional Product Class Criteria - PBX (Preliminary)",
AT&T, September 1978.
 
PBXs: AT&T
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(See also sections on "AT&T System 75", "AT&T System 85", and
"AT&T Definity 75/85 Communications System".)
 
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"A Modern Crossbar PBX", BLR Dec 1957 pgs 485-487.
 
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"A Pushbutton PBX Switchboard", BLR May 1961 pgs 161-164.
 
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"Speeding Calls Through a PBX", BLR Jun 1961 pgs 220-222.
 
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"101 ESS: A More Flexible Telephone Service for Business", BLR Feb
1963 pgs 43-45.
 
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"PBX Consoles", BLR Jun 1963 pgs 236-240.
 
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"The No. 101 Electronic Switching System", BLR Nov 1963 pgs 374-380.
 
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"No. 101 ESS: The Time-Division Switch Unit", BLR Dec 1963 pgs
425-431.
 
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"The No. 101 ESS Control Unit", BLR Feb 1964 pgs 61-66.
 
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"761A PBX", BLR Jul-Aug 1964 pgs 247-251.
 
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"Programming the Number 101 ESS", BLR Apr 1965 pgs 126-131.
 
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"Expanding the No. 101 ESS", BLR May 1966 pgs 150-154.
 
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"A Hospital Communication System", BLR Jul-Aug 1966 pgs 229-231.
 
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"800A: Electronic Switching for Small PBXs", BLR Feb 1967 pgs 49-56.
 
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"Flexibility of the No. 101 ESS for Customer Services", BLR Oct 1967
pgs 299-302.
 
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"Sixty Years of PBX Development", BLR 46:1 Jan 1968 pgs 8-16.
 
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"A Small PBX for the Small Business", BLR Jan 1971 pgs 22-26.
 
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"New Switching Concept For Multilocation Customers", BLR Sep 1971 pgs
231-237.
 
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"The 801A: Midi-PBX", BLR May 1972 pgs 134-139.
 
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"The 805A PBX - A Switching Bargain for Small Businesses", BLR May
1973 pgs 136-142.
 
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"A Versatile Attendant Console for Smaller Businesses", BLR May 1974
pgs 152-159.
 
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"812A PBX: Answering the Market's Call", BLR Nov 1974 pgs 302-309.
 
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"AT&T's New Dimension PBX", BCR Mar-Apr 1975 pgs 36-40.
 
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"The Dimension PBX: System and Hardware", NTC'75 pgs 11/1-11/7.
 
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"The Dimension PBX Software", NTC'75 pgs 11/8-11/13.
 
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"New Features for the 770A PBX", BLR May 1975 pgs 242-250.
 
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"Serving Hotels, Motels, and Hospitals and the People They Serve", BLR
Jun 1975 pgs 272-277.
 
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"PBX Maintenance Comes Wrapped in a New Package", BLR Jul/Aug 1975 pgs
300-306.
 
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"The DIMENSION PBX: A New All-Electronic Customer Switching System",
BLR Sep 1975 pgs 316-323.
 
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"Despite Challenges, Bell Presses Ahead With Dimension PBX", TE&M Oct
15 1975 pgs 46-48.
 
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"The DIMENSION Console: Something for Everyone", BLR Oct 1976 pgs
239-243.
 
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"Maintaining the DIMENSION 400 PBX", BLR Oct 1976 pgs 244-248.
 
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"DIMENSION Spectrum Expands with Customer Telephone Service", BLR Nov
1976 pgs 274-279.
 
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"HORIZON Communication System: Custom Service for Small Businesses",
BLR Nov 1977 pgs 271-275.
 
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"HORIZON Communication System - Innovation in System Design and
Development", BLR Nov 1977 pgs 276-281.
 
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"Inexpensive Time-of-Day Routing With Dimension Feature Package Four",
BCR Mar-Apr 1979 pgs 24-28.
 
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"Blackouts Will Have No Power Over the DIMENSION PBX", BLR Feb 1981
pgs 34-37.
 
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"The HORIZON Communications System - Now Better Than Ever", BLR 59:3
Mar 1981 pgs 82-85.
 
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"A New 'Dimension' in Hospital Management", Telephony Jun 15 1981 pgs
40-48.
 
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"Better Health for Hospitals With DIMENSION 2000 PBX", BLR Jul/Aug
1981 pgs 170-173.
 
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"AT&T Enhances Dimension PBXs" ("News of the Week"), Telephony May 31
1982 pgs 11, 64.
 
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"Advances for Today, Transitions to Tomorrow", BLR 60:9 Nov 1982 pgs
254-259.
 
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"The HORIZON Communications System", IJSAC SAC-3:4 Jul 1985 pgs
497-507.
 
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"The Evolution of Data Switching for PBX's", IJSAC SAC-3:4 Jul 1985
pgs 569-573.
 
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"Transition to the AT&T-IS Integrated Private Network Architecture",
IJSAC SAC-3:4 Jul 1985 pgs 600-605.
 
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"Module Provides PBX Switching for 3270 Terminals", ATT 1:1 1986 pgs
18-19.
 
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"The PC/PBX Connection", ATT 1:1 1986 pgs 36-37.
 
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"Managing Networks with CSM", ATT 2:1 1987 pgs 30-37.
 
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"AT&T's Digital PBX Line-up", table on page 49 of BCR 17:4 Jul-Aug
1987.
 
PBXs: GTE
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(See also section on "GTE GTD-4600 Electronic Automatic Exchange
(GTD-4600 EAX)".)
 
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"Types 40 and 80 PABX Systems With Touch Calling", AETJ Oct 1969 pgs
324-329.
 
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"Modern Attendant Turrets for Types 40 and 80 PABX's", AETJ Apr 1972
pgs 78-81.
 
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"GTD-120 Digital PABX", AETJ 14:8 Oct 1975 pgs 350-359 (also NTC'75
pgs 11/14-11/19).
 
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"GTD-120 Digital PABX Desk Console", AETJ 14:8 Oct 1975 pgs 360-363.
 
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"GTD-120 PABX", BCR Mar-Apr 1976 pgs 40-43.
 
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"GTD-120 Hotel/Motel Digital PABX", AETJ 15:4 Oct 1976 pgs 162-170.
 
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"The GTD-1000 Digital PABX", WWCJ 15:6 Mar 1977 pgs 262-268 (also
NTC'76).
 
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"GTD-120: A Modern Approach to Satisfying The PABX User's Needs", WWCJ
15:6 Mar 1977 pgs 269-274.
 
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"New Digital Electronic PABX Family", WWCJ 15:7 May 1977 pgs 303-311
(also ISS'76).
 
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"The GTD-120 Centralized Attendant Service Digital PABX", WWCJ 16:1
Jan 1978 pgs 2-10.
 
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"Integration of Digital Transmission and Digital Switching in the
GTD-120 PBX - Technology and Economics of Application", WWCJ 16:3 May
1978 pgs 113-119.
 
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"GTD-120A Digital PABX Enhancements", WWCJ 16:4 Jul 1978 pgs 166-172.
 
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"GTD-120 European Version", WWCJ 16:5 Sep 1978 pgs 183-188.
 
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"Internationalizing the GTD-1000 PABX", WWCJ 17:1 Jan 1979 pgs 22-31.
 
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"The GTD-1000 Digital PABX Health Care/Motel Offering", WWCJ 18:1 Jan
1980 pgs 2-7 (also NTC'79).
 
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"Data Base Administration on the GTD-1000 Digital PABX", WWCJ Jan 1980
pgs 8-19.
 
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"The GTE-60/GTE-60XF EPABX Systems", WWCJ Sep 1980 pgs 163-169.
 
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"GTD-1000 Digital PABX CAS Main/ACD", WWCJ 18:6 Nov 1980 pgs 182-193.
 
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"Adapting the GTD 120/1000 PABX to 32 Channel PCM Requirements", WWCJ
20:4 Sep-Oct 1982 pgs 129-135.
 
PBXs: Northern Electric/Northern Telecom
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(See also subsection on "Northern Telecom SL-100" in section on
"Northern Telecom DMS-100 Family".)
 
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Editorial (on SL-1 system), Telesis 4:3 Fall 1975 pg 65.
 
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"A Systems Approach to Business Communications Services", Telesis 4:3
Fall 1975 pgs 66-70.
 
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"The SL-1 System: An Integrated Answer to Business Communications
Problems", Telesis 4:3 Fall 1975 pgs 71-77.
 
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"Central Control and Switching: SL-1 Common Equipment", Telesis 4:3
Fall 1975 pgs 78-83.
 
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"The User Interface: SL-1 Terminals and Peripheral Equipment", Telesis
4:3 Fall 1975 pgs 84-90.
 
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"Key To System Features: SL-1 Software", Telesis 4:3 Fall 1975 pgs
91-95.
 
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"Northern Electric's SL-1 PBX", BCR Nov-Dec 1975 pgs 37-41.
 
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"SL-1 PBX With Data Feature", BCR May-Jun 1979 pgs 32-35.
 
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"Private Networking with SL-1: The International Scene", Telesis 10:2
1983 pgs 9-13.
 
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"Signaling and Transmission for SL-1 International Networks", Telesis
10:2 1983 pgs 14-19.
 
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"The Evolution of the SL-1 PBX", Telesis 11:1 1984 pgs 20-27.
 
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"The SL-1 PBX Integrates Voice and Data Switching", Telesis 11:1 1984
pgs 28-34.
 
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"The Impact of New Technologies on Northern Telecom's Office
Communications Architecture", ICC'85 pgs 379-384.
 
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"Meridian DV-1: a Fast, Functional and Flexible Data Voice System",
ICM 24:12 Dec 1986 pgs 36-42.
 
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"Meridian Information Services: Evolution Towards Networking", ISS'87
paper B7.4.
 
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"Meridian SL-1: Evolving Private Networks to ISDN", Telesis 14:2 1987
pgs 46-55.
 
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"Northern Announces ISDN for SL-1s and SL-100s", BCR 17:6 Nov-Dec 1987
pgs 2-3.
 
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"Northern Delivers SL-1s with PRA", Telephony 215:21 Nov 21 1988 pgs
15-16.
 
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"Northern Meridian 1 Communications System", BCR 20:2 Feb 1990 pgs
71-72.
 
PBXs: Siemens
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"Saturn By Siemens", TE&M Apr 1 1982 pgs 64-65.
 
PBXs: Rolm
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"System Self Test, Administration & Maintenance in the ROLM CBX",
NTC'75 pgs 11/20-11/23.
 
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"The Rolm CBX: A Digital TDM PABX", BCR May-Jun 1977 pgs 30-35.
 
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"Operation of a Computer-Controlled CBX", TE&M Mar 15 1978 pgs 91-94.
 
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"The New Rolm VLCBX", BCR Mar-Apr 1979 pgs 38-43.
 
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"The Rolm CBX as an Integrated Voice/Data Communications Switching
System", NTC'81 pgs F3.1.1-F3.1.5.
 
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"The Rolm CBX Data Communications Feature", BCR May-Jun 1981 pgs
36-39.
 
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"The Northern Telecom vs. Rolm Approach to Voice/Data Switching", BCR
July-Aug 1981 pg 45.
 
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"The CBX II Switching Architecture", IJSAC SAC-3:4 Jul 1985 pgs
555-560.
 
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"An Advanced Voice/Data Telephone Switching System" (article on the
Rolm CBX II), IBMSJ 25:3/4 1986 pgs 380-398.