Use of front panels (lights, switches and buttons) to view and control CPU state.
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Why did 1970s front panels prefer momentary toggle switches to push buttons?
This question is about computers with front panels that use only
toggle switches for input of binary data (such as address and data
values), as opposed to keypads for numerical input or other methods.
On these front panels, as well as state set by…
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