Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Weston wrote:
In article , "S Viemeister" wrote:
Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
... i learned to be a PBX operator, many years ago.
PMBX?


Private Branch Exchange

Yes but there are two types, a PMBX or a PABX. Different skills :-)
(Showing age...)

Well originally they'd all have been manual so 'PMBX' is a retrospective
name. I've never heard it before - just PBX and PABX.

Ah. In that case, definitely PMBX. Plug boards, like the ones in old
movies.