Talk:Hi-Tek Corporation

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:34, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

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Hi-Tek Series 725 switch

• ... that Hi-Tek Corporation's 725 series keyboard switches (example pictured) were rated for a lifetime of 100 million keystrokes? Source: "Hi-Tek uses this technology in its IBM PC-compatible, keyboards, ... The keyboard is specified for a lifetime of 100 million keystrokes. ... A similar switch design is found in the KS 200 series of keyboards from Stackpole Components Co. (Raleigh, N.C.)" (Mullin 1985).
  • ALT1: ... that Hi-Tek Corporation made timing devices and parachute ripcords before they made computer keyboards? Source: "Relays ; Actuators ; Timers & Timing Devices" (Southern California Business Directory and Buyers Guide 1977).
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Geiger

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 06:48, 7 April 2022 (UTC).

• Article was created on time and meets DYK requirements for sourcing, plagiarism, and length. A QPQ has been done. Both hooks are cited inline, but I could only find access the Parachute History source for ALT1 as the other sources are either inaccessible to me or paywalled. Both hooks are interesting, so I'll leave the final hook choice to the promoter; my only suggestion is to link to both timing devices and ripcord in ALT1 if it is promoted. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:21, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Year of founding

Where was the year of founding (1967) obtained? The two references do not seem to corroborate the year. It seems plausible, because if NMB TECHNOLOGIES (USA) INC. (C0522946) is the same company (which would loosely fit information from MinebeaMitsumi), then the year of founding would match.

Interesting to see how much you’ve found about Hi-Tek themselves — a lot more than I ever achieved!

Ghiraddje (talk) 21:21, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Google Books makes it very difficult with their irritating snippet view, but you can just about eek out the founding date by searching "Hallerberg" "Hi-Tek" and "established"/"est". I found a better directory listing that squarely shows the whole company's details including the founding date in the snippet.

And thanks! I've ran into a handful of Hi-Tek keyboards of various vintages, but didn't really give the company much thought until I realized that their old HQ were within walking distance of me. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:00, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Ah, you’ve been fighting snippets too … I understand their necessity for copyright reasons, but that does not excuse the buggy behaviour. What is more egregious, however, is scanning volumes or half-volumes at a time and failing to identify which issue a result is from. This complicates the process of getting material scanned in at libraries.

I’ll have another dig later. I would prefer not to reference Wikipedia as you’ve already referenced my site and that is awkwardly circular! (Not that my site is a good reference candidate as it’s only my notes and they are prone to changing as I correct mistakes.)

Funny, as Cherry’s former UK sites (except Dunstable) are within easy walking distance of where I live.

Ghiraddje (talk) 11:50, 21 April 2022 (UTC)