2 awesome days of awesome finds! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Jun 2001

...
  I saw a Modcomp front panel just the other day.  Very
nice 
 looking bit of kit, but it wasn't wired up to anything, so 
 no blinkenlights.

  a Microdata, a CDC, a Prime, a Basic Four, a
Bytronix, a   
 Now a Prime would be nice, but the one I used 1981-85 at 
 Westfield College, London, was a P750 with (as far as I'm 
 aware) no lights or switches.  Apart from the reset button, 
 which nearly got pressed by a visitor on a machine room 
 tour! 
The P400 was the last machine (well, maybe the 450?) that
had a front panel. It was an interesting bump-out design,
but wasn't really very cool looking, when compared to an
Eclipse, or a KI-10, or hell, even a KL-10.

My 2455 has a virtual control panel like the 750 did. If
I had a real front panel, the damned thing might be running
right now.

Regards,
-dq