PDP-8/e front panels.

Paul Birkel pbirkel at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 05:49:19 CDT 2015


+1 on cool.  I'd like to see a couple for an 11/40, please.  Also an 8/I
would definitely be useful.

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:

>     > From: Rod Smallwood
>
>     > I have recently produced a number of high quality custom PDP8/e front
>     > panels.  They are full size reproductions of the original. The
>     > production methods are exactly as used in circa 1971.
>
> First, my sincere congratulations! This is a real contribution, and I
> doubt it
> was trivial to accomplish.
>
>     > I'll also instigate another batch of ten. .. If I get orders for more
>     > than ten then I'll bump up the second batch size accordingly.
>
> These sound so cool I'm tempted to buy one, even though I don't even own a
> PDP-8! :-)
>
>     > If there is a demand I'll do other 8's or 11's front panels that use
>     > the same plexiglas and silk screen technique.
>
> Someone mentioned -12's and -15's?
>
> ...
>         Noel
>


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