20 Feb
2002
20 Feb
'02
3:27 a.m.
Well, I found the actual switches; they had 24 of the ones I need 11
of, and 6 of the ones I need 6 of, so I took 'em all. Expensive
little buggers. (Is it bad if I spent more on parts to build a Mark-8
than it would cost to go out and buy a deluxe WinTel box running at a
zillion gigahertz...? <sigh>)
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:34:39 -0600, you wrote:
I'm getting together parts to build a Mark-8 (using
a set of the PC
boards and docs that Steve G has been selling on eBay). I've got
everything but the case either on order or on hand, but I've searched
high and low for about 8 C&K #7108J4ZQE2 black lever-handle toggle
switches with no success. I found the SPDT switches, but I still need
the momentary ones. Any suggestions? Tried Mouser, DigiKey, Jameco,
JDR, Newark, and Allied (which is where I found the first type) as
well as several other smaller parts houses with no luck.
C&K/ITT/Cannon has offered to make me up a couple as samples, but I
need at least 6 and would be more comfortable if I had a couple of
spares.
-Bill Richman (bill_r(a)inetnebr.com)
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