4 Dec
2008
4 Dec
'08
10:35 p.m.
On 4 Dec 2008 at 22:21, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Put another way, was Micro Switch (the company) a
spin-off or subsidiary of
Honeywell? Some web references seem to imply an association in the development
of integrated Hall-effect sensors in the late-60s with Honeywell, but there is
some confusion in there regarding Honeywell and their earlier (1940s)
development of simple mechanical microswitches.
(I'm just not familiar with Micro Switch as a company.)
Micro Switch was founded in 1932 and acquired by Honeywell in 1950.
Cherry, for a long time a "work alike" of Micro Switch (when it came
to snap switches) was founded in 1953 and was another big source of
keyboards (still is).
Cheers,
Chuck