Almost OT: Pushbutton switch latching

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Thursday 06 December 2007 11:24, M H Stein wrote:
> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:55:51 -0800
> From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
> Subject: Re: Almost OT: Pushbutton switch latching
>
> (No "almost" about it any more...)
>
> >On 5 Dec 2007 at 17:35, Fred Cisin wrote:
> >> . . . then I guess that a rotary telephone dial is out of the question
> >
> >Oooh, cool--Strowger switches!
>
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> Pshaw; a mere 10 positions? I've got a 25-step 12-pole stepper here,
> just the ticket. Expandable? I'll say; add one of your 10-steps and you've
> got 250 positions.

(Trying to picture a 25-hole old-style telephone dial...		:-)

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