Front Panels - Thoughts

rod rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com
Sat Oct 31 12:43:58 CDT 2015


An IBM 370 front panel? At the risk of instant  cardiac arrest I'll go 
and find a picture
of one
PanelMan


On 31/10/15 08:45, Mike Ross wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 7:32 PM, rod <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Hi Guys
>>           Sitting here doing the overlays for the 8/e silk screen run.
>> I had a thought. Including all makes of computer old and new.
>> What about a front panel with lights and switches for systems
>> that never had one and could have done with one?
>> Which computer would you nominate?
>>
>> I'm not about to do anything about it.
>> But the answers should be interesting
> Don't know if you're aware, but this may be interesting and relevant:
>
> http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/Panda.htm
>
> A real panel (albeit very basic) for an emulated machine.
>
> A real panel for Hercules would be a very interesting prospect. You
> could build a panel for a machine which never even existed, which only
> exists in emulated form: the System/380:
>
> http://mvs380.sourceforge.net
>
> If anyone does build one, and it's any good, I'll buy seven!
>
> Mike



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