Altair 680 switch style?

Bill Richman bill at timeguy.com
Thu Jul 7 08:24:52 CDT 2005


I recently bought an Altair 680 case on eBay, and am planning on trying to build some kind of 6800-based board to go in it.  I'd like the front panel to be authentic-looking, and have been digging through my old Byte magazines and some web sites to try to figure out the switches they used.  I've seen mostly bat-handled mini-toggles, but a few pictures have shown flattened bat-handles.  I would also need to know the switch configuration (i.e. double-throw, single-throw, momentary, etc.) for the various switches.  It seems like there's a lot less info around on the 680 than there is on the 8800, although I did find a pretty good article about the "new" Altair 680 in one of my "Best of Byte" volumes.  Can anybody supply some switch info?  Dimensions would be good; manufacturer and part number might be better.  

I wasn't really planning on building a 680, but I did my usual semi-annual search of eBay for the keyword "Altair" and there was this pretty (but empty) 680 case, and in a classic illustration of Pavlovian response, I clicked "bid"...


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