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by breput 1655 days ago
That is exactly what is going on but you don't need 3 way toggle.

Down is 0 and up is 1, you load all of the values in like a shift register but in parallel, then write/act upon them.

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Yes the data bits were 2-way toggles, but one important switch was a 3-way toggle: the Examine (press down) and Deposit (press up) switch.
On the 11/70, Deposit was the only switch that toggled up (other than the light test switch). That is a nice safety feature so you don't accidentally toggle Continue or other action switches.
Right...but surely you see how that's different from what I described.