-----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Eric Flanzbaum Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:38 PM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Panel brought back to life PDP-11/70 > panel back to life: tolerance!) > to have the real thing around. Has anybody else brought panels > back to life? I'm aware of the Spare Time Gizmos / Ersatz-11 > work, and of course the incredible "Gallery of Old Iron". Any > others? Very nice! I have an 11/70 panel sitting around -- and that looks like an intriguing project to try. I own XDS (SDS) Sigma 9 Panel and brought it back to life. It was quite an undertaking, as the panel consists of about 100 lamps -- and hand wiring all of them took quite a bit of labor. It now blinks -- in some sort of random "computing" fashion -- but is essentially a useless piece of eye-candy when it comes to being a useful computer (after all, I don't have anything else except the programming console). But I must admit, it is a pretty sight watching all those blinkenlights flicker on and off :-) I wired it up basically in tribute to my father for a present -- who was employee #9 (or maybe #10) at SDS way back in the early 1960s. I also own an SDS 940 programming console -- but I've chosen to leave that untouched (a dead soul, if you will). -Eric P.S. -- I'd post a video of it in action, but I don't own a video camera (I'll have to borrow one). I did take a bunch of snapshots in succession and piece them together -- kind of a kludge -- but you get an idea of what it looks like after watching it. Not nearly as nice if it were a smooth video though. If anyone is interested, and I can get around to it, I'll post a picture or two, and the "piecemeal" video on a website in the (maybe near) future.