Front panel switches - what did they do?

[Swift Griggs]

On Tue, 24 May 2016, Charles Anthony wrote:
> Honeywell 6180 display panels: 
> http://jimsoldtoys.blogspot.com/2016/03/honeywell-6180-system-maintenance-panel.html

Holy rocker switch, Batman! Is that all for one machine? That looks like a 
man-machine interface to run a nuclear power plant or something. FOUR 
panels. The black panel looks uber-cool. That definitely looks like 
something from a 60's or 70's James bond film. There needs to be a villain 
about ready to launch a missile standing next to one.

Oh and here is a replica of an Apollo launch computer with a component LED 
display like I was mentioning: 

http://i.imgur.com/bbXZVcx.jpg

... probably too expensive to embed in a computer system, but still hard 
to beat for geek aesthetics. 

-Swift