front panels - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Feb 1998

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 Yes, the Byte-8 had a front panel with, I believe, a
hex keypad and a two
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 digit 7-segment LED display. 
The Byte Systems' BYT-8 didn't have a keypad or LED display, just 24 toggle
switches and the usual binary LEDs.  The front panel plugs directly into the
backplane.

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  On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
 Does anyone remember other front panel S-100 cards besides MITS,
 IMSAI, Ithaca, and Wameco?  Wasn't there a Byte-8 sold by Olson Electronics
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  for a while that also had a front panel? 
Other front panels... hmm.

The Ithaca InterSystems DPS-1 had one.

Somewhere kicking around I do have another "front panel" card that could
hardly have been used as a literal front panel... I believe it was made by
Jameco or somesuch.  It's a full-and-a-half-length S-100 Z80 single board
computer card (it's so long, it couldn't have fit in any case) with several
segments of alpha display, and a 24- or 30-key keyboard-style keypad.

Kai