14 Feb
2003
14 Feb
'03
4:46 a.m.
Nowhere close to an IMSAI. IMSAI's are red and blue, and have square bats,
with tight spacing. Perkin Elmer, maybe?
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 13:09
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: What computer is this front panel for?
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They think it's a PDP-8 panel, but I highly doubt that given:
(0) It's got 24 bits, or maybe 18 + 6 if you look closely.
(1) The switches are the wrong color
(2) No "|D|I|G|I|T|A|L| PDP-8" anywhere on it
(3) Doesn't look like any PDP-8 I've ever seen
So what is it?
Good question, I'm pretty sure it's not DEC (unless it's from
an 18-bit
system). In looking at the switches, even though they're the
wrong colour,
they appear to be closer to those found on an IMSAI 8080.
Another oddity
is the two keys per panel.
It would be nice if the poster had given some info on what is
written on
the panels, or provided a better photo (so we could read it
ourselves).
Zane
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