hey, what's this thing called?

[grathan]

Is it some sort of switch?

[foxfire]

it's a dip switch i believe, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIP_switch.

[kurtlives]

It's a DIP switch that is part of the Timmy schematic 

[grathan]

thanks! so it just a set of spst which can have the diodes cut off from the circuit. 

[PerroGrande]

Correct!