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Western Electric was the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. They produced nearly everything needed for the telephone system in the United States. Most relevant to this wiki, they produced a series of computers designed to run [[UNIX]] or a real-time version of UNIX called DMERT. At one time many of switches in the US telephone network were controlled by these computers. | Western Electric was the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. They produced nearly everything needed for the telephone system in the United States. Most relevant to this wiki, they produced a series of computers designed to run [[UNIX]] or a real-time version of UNIX called DMERT. At one time many of switches in the US telephone network were controlled by these computers. | ||
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Revision as of 00:38, 29 January 2022
Western Electric was the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. They produced nearly everything needed for the telephone system in the United States. Most relevant to this wiki, they produced a series of computers designed to run UNIX or a real-time version of UNIX called DMERT. At one time many of switches in the US telephone network were controlled by these computers.
