Larry Dighera wrote in
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:51:33 -0800 (PST), Mike Granby
wrote in
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I find myself holding a 747 transponder control head that I bought on
eBay as a toy for the kids. But, with echos of Spinal Tap's guitarist
in my head, I notice that the selector knobs allow the digits 0 thru 8
to be selected. What gives?

Decade electrical switches are easier/cheaper to procure than octal
switches?

Wouldn't a Decimal switch go 0-9?