Front panels

Michael Thompson michael.99.thompson at gmail.com
Sun Nov 1 14:18:48 CST 2015


>
> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 13:11:29 -0700
> From: Charles Anthony <charles.unix.pro at gmail.com>
> Subject: Front panels
>
> The front panel I want to build is for my DPS8-M (aka Honeywell 6180)
> emulator.
>
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> http://8bitaficionado.com/2010/09/22/multics-honeywell-6180-mainframe-panel-on-ebay/
>
>
> TIA,
>
> -- Charles
>

That is only one of two panels on the Honeywell processors. There was
another one on the other CPU door. There is are three rollers with an
encoding switchs to change what the lights were displaying. Moving the
roller changed the text that was visible in the window below the light
bulbs and told you what each light meant.

-- 
Michael Thompson


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