This is great. I also found the essay under the entry for "PDP-20" in foldoc. According to this site, the blue color that a DECsystem-10 is painted is "Basil Blue" and the orange color of the DECSYSTEM-20 is "Chinese Red." -----Original Message----- From: Al Kossow [mailto:aek@spies.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:32 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: DEC colors The standard pdp/11 front panel colors are magenta and wild rose.