Telecommunications History - EPSS

Here are some pictures of the EPSS equipment. EPSS was an early packet switching network which operated in the UK from 1977 to about 1980. For more information about EPSS see the article that I have put on this page.

0102- 30/3/1978

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04 - Wally Freeman

05- Ferranti Manchester (plant 2 building) 30/3/1978

06 - 30/3/1978

0708 - 30/3/1978

09 - 30/3/1978

10 - 30/3/1978

11- 30/3/1978

12- 30/3/1978

13- 30/3/1978

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15- 30/3/1978 16- 30/3/1978

17- 30/3/1978 18- 30/3/1978

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25- 30/3/1978 26 - 30/3/1978 Post Office Packet Interface Tester

27- 30/3/1978 28

29 - Post Office Packet Interface Tester 30- 30/3/1978

31- 30/3/1978 32- 30/3/1978

33- 30/3/1978 34- 30/3/1978

35- 30/3/1978 36- 30/3/1978

3738- 30/3/1978

3940 - 10/10/1975

41- 30/3/1978 42- 30/3/1978

43- 30/3/1978 44- 30/3/1978

45 - Mark 250 (Pye version of 2bc)(Plessey Poole) 46- 30/3/1978

47 - 10/10/1975 48

49- 30/3/1978 50- 30/3/1978

5152- 30/3/1978

53- 10/10/1975 54- Rennes (by courtesy of SESA)

55 - 10/10/1975

Network Structure

Other Pages about early Packet Switching History in the UK

For more information about EPSS see the article that I have put on this page.

Articles about other early networks:

• Euronet
• Overview of early networks by P.T.F.Kelly

Other Packet switching related pages:

• PSS
• Colombo House
• Tenter House

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radio programme

Other pages, on this site, about PSS History:

EPSS	Click here for some pictures of the EPSS equipment. EPSS was an early packet switching network which operated in the UK from 1977 to about 1980.
PSS	Click here for some pictures of Packet Switching Exchanges (PSE) and Network Management Centres (NMC).
Articles	Click here for some early articles about PSS.
Colombo House Repeater Station	This is the building in Blackfriars Road which housed the first London Network Management Centre (NMC) for EPSS and PSS.
Tenter House
Other