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 . <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>
