Oh duh for me! Confusion reigns supreme. Yes.. the IMSAI uses those really wide plastic paddle switches.. that I had always assumed were a +Carling+ part, as Carling has a line of switches with similar handles.
Altair 8800A and B both use the metal mini-toggles - the former, bat-handle the latter, the narrow metal paddle-handle. On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Richard Cini <rich.c...@verizon.net> wrote: > The "B" model used a flatted bat handle toggle switch which IIRC weren't > made by C&K. I think I may have the number somewhere but I think there was > a thread with this info a few years ago. A Google search might produce it. > The Altair group archive on Yahoo might have it too. > > The IMSAI uses a plastic paddle switch. > > Rich > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 5, 2016, at 9:56 PM, drlegendre . <drlegen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > "Not exactly--momentary, yes, but clearly not the paddle switches used on > > the IMSAI. Fortunately, PCB-mount toggle switches are quite a bit > > easier to locate." > > > > Right, I thought about that once I'd posted. > > > > My 8800A (with B supplies) still has the basic mini bat-handle style > > switches. Correct me on this, but the later Altair 8800B use the > > paddle-style handle, same as the IMSAI? > > > >> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote: > >> > >>> On 11/05/2016 05:10 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > >>> > >>> I need those too - some of my Altair switches have the handles > >>> physically broken... in fact pretty much ALL the large switches (the > >>> bottom row for run/deposit/exam/reset etc.) are ropey in one way or > >>> another and need replacing (the smaller data/address switches are > >>> fine). If anyone tracks down the correct type of switch please post > >>> a link here! Or if you have any for sale shoot me an email. > >> > >> > >> The site I linked to from C&K is a good example of how a manufacturer's > >> web site should be--parameterized search with vendor stock check. So, > >> for example, the momentary on-off-on 20V PC mount unthreaded with 10.67 > >> mm handle would be 7105SY9V3BE--and Arrow has about 150 in stock. > >> > >> Beats spending time on the phone talking to "inside sales". > >> > >> --Chuck > >> > >
