25 Jul
2005
25 Jul
'05
9:58 a.m.
>>>> "Jules" == Jules Richardson
<julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
Jules> On Sun, 2005-07-24 at 23:31 -0400, Ashley Carder wrote:
> > I've posted some pictures of the blue
panel 11/35 and > a PDP-8a
> that I recently acquired and got up and running.
> >
> > The pictures are at:
> >
> > http://www.woffordwitch.com/PDPCollection.asp
> >
> > Click on the Blue Panel PDP-11/35 link.
>
> After contemplating swapping out the blue front panel for a
> standard 11/35 front panel, I have decided to leave this one as
> is, since I've never seen another blue front panel 11/35 running.
Jules> I was once told that the blue machines went into medical
Jules> environments whilst the usual red/purple were for other
Jules> commercial sites. Is that actually the case?
No.
I'm not sure about all the cases, but the CTS series ("commercial
timesharing system" -- RSTS/E with some stuff packaged along with it)
tended to be blue. They also often came in "low boy" cabinets --
about 5 feet tall rather than the 6+ foot H960s.
paul