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[[Oliver Dalton]] recalls the decision to reduce the plug-in height as a traumatic one: | [[Oliver Dalton]] recalls the decision to reduce the plug-in height as a traumatic one: | ||
"The decision set us back at least one year for the height decision required three major electro-mechanical component efforts in addition to the [[7000 series readout system|IC read-out effort]]: 1) [[back-lit switches|new lit push-buttons]] ... we needed 25 on a panel; 2) cam switches - these were Howard's ideas ... we needed them to be small and reasonably cheap; 3) [[miniature relays|relays]] ... we needed them to be small and reliable. We then largely had to make do with other available parts, like potentiometers. | "The decision set us back at least one year for the height decision required three major electro-mechanical component efforts in addition to the [[7000 series readout system|IC read-out effort]]: 1) [[back-lit switches|new lit push-buttons]] ... we needed 25 on a panel; 2) cam switches - these were Howard's ideas ... we needed them to be small and reasonably cheap; 3) [[miniature relays|relays]] ... we needed them to be small and reliable. We then largely had to make do with other available parts, like potentiometers. | ||
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Then Howard Vollum made the decision that Tek would develop its own switches, and [[Tony Sprando]], [[Bill Verhoof]], and Howard jointly developed the cam switch. The design ideas emerged from a "a lot of way-out brainstroming. "Howard played a key role by taking an "unlimited funds, the sky's the limit" attitude, while the other members would bring the ideas back to reality. | |||
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