--- On Sat, 3/24/12, David Gesswein <djg at pdp8online.com> wrote:
One reply on
pdp8-lovers said the desktop panels were imitation and
another said the
rackmount were real.
The panels on the front of a rack-mount straight-8 are
plastic laminate. It was not unknown, however, for DEC
to use real wood in the cabinetry -- I have several
examples of blank painted wooden panels that hang on the
front of a rack and are held to it by magnetic latches.
--Bill