Automatic Electric made the #1 EAX (invented in 1973 or 1974) and later in the 1970s, the #2 EAX. These were WECo #1ESS/1AESS like in nature -- analog switch with computer control. These were originally just for a Class 5 end offices but later models could handle Class 4 tandem functions.
Automatic Electric later made the GTD-3 (or #3 EAX ) and GTD-5 (or #5 EAX) in the 1980s. These are full digital switches. A number of #5 EAX switches are still in service, though as time goes on they're being replaced with other switch types.
Stromberg-Carlson had their ESC (Electornic Switch Control?) switch in the 1970s. This switch was analog with computer control. In the 1980s, they made the DCO (Digital Central Office). The DCO is now made by a division of Siemens known as Stromberg/Siemens.
Northern Telecom (now Nortel) invented the DMS-10 in the late 1977 and in 1979 the DMS-100 switch (followed by other DMS switches, used as tandems, operator services platforms, or international gateways). Supposedly Northern Telecom had an electronic PBX (the SL-1) around
1972.But Vidar was the first fully digital local end office switch, invented circa 1976. I don't think there are any Vidar (later TRW-Vidar) switches still in service.
WECo was behind the curve on this one. Though they invented the fully digital long-haul #4ESS tandem in 1976, they didn't have a full digital end office until they invented the #5ESS in 1982.
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