15 Jun
2015
15 Jun
'15
1:19 p.m.
From: Rod Smallwood
I can tell you what they were called internally at
DEC.
...
They were called Toggles or Toggle switches and their use was called
'Toggling' hence 'To toggle in the bootstrap'
Maybe because on the older machines (e.g. PDP-1) they really were toggle
switches?
From: Kyle Owen
I hear them referred to as handles.
That would work.
Still, it would be nice to find a front panel mechanical drawing and see what
they are called on the BoM. (I tried to find one for the 11/20 front panel,
and although I found the tech manual for it, I couldn't the print set for the
front panel.)
Noel