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eti:
The sheer beauty of design and operation.



And a pdf: http://www.flamecorp.com/PDF/Safran-Electronics-Defense/Safran-10%20Series%20Catalog.pdf

AlbertL:
Thanks for posting that!  I really enjoy the aesthetics of control panels, and the Apollo MOCR consoles with those wonderful switches are among my favorites.

A computer display and mouse, or a touchscreen, just doesn't do it for me.  It's gotta have *real* buttons and knobs!

jmelson:
The ones on the left are Microswitch, or copies of theirs.  Used on lots of other computer gear that get a lot of pushes over the life of the equipment, like tape drives and printers.

Jon

Red Squirrel:

--- Quote from: AlbertL on May 20, 2021, 02:42:37 pm ---Thanks for posting that!  I really enjoy the aesthetics of control panels, and the Apollo MOCR consoles with those wonderful switches are among my favorites.

A computer display and mouse, or a touchscreen, just doesn't do it for me.  It's gotta have *real* buttons and knobs!

--- End quote ---

I feel the same way, and it seems we are losing the beauty and usability of real switches and knobs.  Almost all cars now seem to only have touch screen - even touch handles! (looking at you Tesla).  How are you suppose to do something basic like change the radio station or adjust the hvac when you're driving?

But even just every day appliances it seems things are slowly going to full touch screens now or touch buttons.  It's just not the same imo.   I know why they do it though... to save costs.  But they still charge us more for it.

Red Squirrel:
Just watched the video, those really are nice!  Don't think they make stuff like that anymore and if they do I bet you pay for it, like, a lot.  It's cool how they are so modular.  I can just picture NASA having a "switch guy" who probably knew every in and out of those and had every data sheet on them you can think of and even knew model numbers off hand.  The switch in your mission control panel not working?  He shows up with his tool box, looks at it "ahh yes, we need a [blurts out long part number]" and digs one out and has it fixed in 5 minutes.

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