At 07:27 PM 10/14/98 PDT, you wrote:
>The same seller has listed Altair toggle switches
>with a $10 minimum bid. Jim, do those appear to be exactly
>like the switches you sell? Or do they differ from
>your's? Here is the link to the auction with the
>photo...
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=35724070
Not a real good picture... B^} If I make out the lettering on the shell
correctly, what he is offering is an older version of the switches which
could be 'original' MITS stock. Now, if that makes them worth more?
Difficult to make out the switch body color...
The switches I offer are new production parts, from the original vendor,
and are identical to the switches produced for MITS with the exception of
the plastic body color, and the fact that the company has changed names
(multiple times), so the name stamped in the switch frame is different from
the MITS production switches.
When the switches were made for MITS, someone selected orange for the body
color and that color is no longer available as a 'standard' option from the
manufacturer. Last time I inquired, they indicated that it might be
possible to get that body color again, but with an increased cost and much
longer lead time.
So... I suppose that the short(er) answer to the question is, yes they are
the same switch, although the ones being offered on eBay appear to be
older. Are they "exactly identical", no when you consider body color
(possibly) and the name stamped in the switch frame.
Ok... that was not very short. B^}
-jim
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Received on Wed Oct 14 1998 - 21:56:08 BST