[cctalk] Re: Minicomputer front panel.

I assume some of that stuff was purchased for TV show or movie props. Anyway you can't really complain unless you know the origins of those front panels. Some of that equipment was scrapped a long time ago and somebody found the front panel or other parts cool and kept them. You can't really expect people to keep everything from being made into razor blades 20+ years ago and kept in heated and cooled low humidity storage so somebody down the road could snag it for lunch money. If somebody pays a decent amount of cash to mount something on a wall it will sooner or later end up being resold to a collector so its not really lost in the long view of things. If there is enough demand or it is worth the economics to recreate somebody will 3D print parts and have boards made.