Front Panel Tech Note 2

[Rod Smallwood]

Hello Pontus.
                   Thank you for the information.
Your two machines (colour sat apart) do fall into my A and B Types quite 
well

Seeing the one with the one with the missing toggle switches reminds me 
that I have
an enquiry out re getting some made.

I dont know if I have asked you before ( I have a serial brain in a 
parallel world)  but I'm looking for some  boards to get my 8/e
running.

          M833
         M-8340
         M-8341
         M-8300

I alreay have an M-8310 and a 549057 (Keys and lamps) along with core 
and I/o


Regards

Rod


On 15/06/2015 08:10, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> Hi Rod
>
> I'm sorry I haven't replied sooner, you are not forgotten. It is just
> that my second 8/e was much harder to reach than I had hoped for. (I'm
> shipping out a set of computers that are in the way).
>
> DOH! I just recalled.. I have pictures online, these are my machines:
>
> Type A:
> http://www.pdp8.se/bild/PDP8e_front.jpg
>
> Type B:
> http://www.pdp8.se/slask/front_paneler/pdp8e_typeb.jpg
>
> As you see, the Type A, which I believe is older, has straight switch
> position lines, no dividers and a "box" arround the switch.
>
> The Type B has angled switch position lines, dividers, but no box
> arround the switch.
>
> Type B has noticably less saturated colors.
>
> I can take better pictures of the Type B panel which is accessible, but
> I'm not sure it will help.
>
> Regards,
> Ppntus
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:46:47PM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>>   Hi Pontus
>>        Please define which two  the colours differ between.
>>        Is the current version with the vertical switch position correct?
>>        If that is the case then the other one with angled switch position
>>        lines and dividers between groups of lamps must differ.
>>
>>       The two colours are referred to as Amber and Terra Cotta.
>>       If they differ then they must have different names.
>>
>>      As I am a bit colour blind the matching is done by our two
>> screen printing
>>      ladies who are art graduates and qualified colourists.
>>     (in general females have better colour vision)
>>
>>       If you have an example of a Type B ( angled switch position
>> lines and dividers)
>>       that shows the difference in colour I'd really like a copy
>> before we ship any type B
>>
>>      Rod
>>
>>
>> On 11/06/2015 08:01, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
>>> The color is quite different between the two. I can take comparative
>>> photos, but I suppose it will be quite meaningless as a guide.
>>>
>>> /P
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 06:47:25AM +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>>>> Asof now I know of two variations
>>>>
>>>>      1,    Selector switch positions 1 and 6  lines can be vertical
>>>> or at an angle to the vertical
>>>>
>>>>      2,    Vertical divider between groups of three lamps
>>>>
>>>> Anybody seen an 8/e panel with anything else?
>>>>
>>>> Rod
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>