9 Sep
2009
9 Sep
'09
1:33 p.m.
One of the few items damaged in the shipping of our PDP7 from University of Oregon was a
handful of the front panel switches. The switches themselves are a standard telephone
switch and are still available! But the long, tapered bat handles were unobtainium.
So, one of our folks with above-average mechanical aptitude *made* some for us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hUEPfgKJwY
Pretty cool, huh?
UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
Ian S. King, Sr. Vintage Systems Engineer
Living Computer Museum
A project of Vulcan, Inc.
http://www.livingcomputermuseum.com