DEC 11/45 switches needed

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Thu Jul 1 14:19:15 2004

>>>>> "Jay" == Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org> writes:

 Jay> In the not too distant future I should be starting my 11/45
 Jay> restoration project. In anticipation of that....

 Jay> My 11/45 front panel has a number of switches that dont
 Jay> work. The normal failure mode of the switch covers breaking is
 Jay> not the case here. My problem is the actual switches on the PCA
 Jay> under the switch covers. They have disintegrated the way I've
 Jay> seen C&K switches do before. I went looking for C&K switches a
 Jay> long while back for an unrelated project and had trouble finding
 Jay> them.

 Jay> I could just locate a whole new front panel, but those get a
 Jay> huge premium on ebay. I'd just rather find the switches and
 Jay> solder new ones in place. Does anyone know exactly what switch
 Jay> the 45 uses, and where a source for them might be?

They look like ordinary miniature toggle switches, with a toggle whose
size adequately matches the size of the hole in the switch handle.
Chances are pretty much any switch that size from Radio Shack or the
like will do just as well. You may need to do some mechanical magic
to attach the clips that hold the plastic switch handles onto the
toggle switch body.

       paul
Received on Thu Jul 01 2004 - 14:19:15 BST