The North Star Horizon had a wood (plywood I think) upper case.
Which remindes me I'm still looking for a Northstar in the UK.
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Rod Smallwood
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On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: 25 March 2012 21:31
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDP-8 questions
On 03/25/2012 04:19 PM, William Maddox wrote:
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.
I have some internal DEC prototypes of the BA123, called the "woody
box", that have solid oak tops. They are beautiful. I'll take pics of
them soon; they'll be in the next truckload coming up from FL.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA