If you're looking for something like that, look for a Summa Four VCO/4K switch, later sold as Cisco. (Cisco acquired Summa Four) A complete switch, with Sun management systems, is two rack footprints. These have been around awhile, and while not iconic like a 5ESS, they are manageable, they speak SS7, and they are serious, grown-up CO switches. -Dave
Wild, never heard of it. Only care about it being a 5ESS. It was the iconic thing that all the hackers wanted access to back in the day. I remember reading about COSMOS and stuff in Phrack magazine. I remember someone from Canada having access to a bunch of telcos in the USA, and the stuff of movies happening. And telenet and tymnet and all that. Also the first con I went to in Atlanta, someone turned the payphone across the street into a free phone and there was a line of randos at it once word got out in the hood. It's just a random trophy that might be cool to tote to some cons. Has to be a 5ESS, and compact model. - Ethan