Unidentified (CDC?) panel

Josh Dersch derschjo at gmail.com
Wed Feb 8 12:12:52 CST 2017


On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> On 02/08/2017 05:26 AM, Christian Corti wrote:
> > Hello, amongst other panels and things (CDC 6600 dead start panel,
> > PDP-15 frontpanel) I got this one: http://up.picr.de/28257957bg.jpg I
> > *guess* it also comes from the CDC 6600 but I'm not sure. Can anyone
> > identify it?
>
> Doesn't look like anything CDC thatI've ever seen.  Not 1700, as it's
> clearly 12-bit words.  I would've guessed from the 12-bits + link that
> it was DEC PDP-8-ish.
>
> --Cjicl
>
>
The switches and the labels look very similar to the ones used on the CDC
160's front panel.  And the 160 was a 12-bit machine.  Maybe this was some
sort of an alternate front panel for a 160?

(See: http://s7.computerhistory.org/is/image/CHM/x92.82p-03-04?$re-medium$)

- Josh


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