VT100 colors

[Bill Degnan]

It's the same white as the pdp 8a, or rl02 new.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:42 AM Magnus Ringman via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> A guess, but a confident one: the white part of the VT100 casing would
> originally have been the same white as the VAX11 metal cabinets were
> painted in.
> Look at promotional brochures from the era that include a VAX and a
> terminal.
> The color might well be a FED-STD-595 one, and/or a very similar Pantone
> one.
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM Zane Healy via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > > On Jun 21, 2021, at 6:48 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk <
> > cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 21/06/2021 07:51, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> > >> I want to say that it’s white.  Though I can’t get to mine right now.
> > >>
> > >> Zane
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPod
> > >>
> > >>> On Jun 20, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk <
> > cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Hello,
> > >>>
> > >>> Does anyone know what colors a VT100 is?  Most photos online has it
> > >>> looking yellowish, but I expect that's from aging.  Some people I
> have
> > >>> asked claim it was a light cream color.  This bitsavers picture has
> it
> > >>> looking neutral grey:
> > >>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt100/vt100_wps-8.jpg
> > >>>
> > >>> And the black parts are claimed to be dark brown.
> > >>>
> > >>> I haven't found any color codes in the manuals.
> > >
> > >
> > > I can't get t mine either but I think they were originally light cream,
> > but not bright white.
> > >
> > > I suspect that most photos have it as yellowish because that's what
> they
> > are now :-)
> > >
> > > The black bits I remember as black.
> > >
> > >
> > > I remember the tube colour being green, I think I remember seeing amber
> > and I believe that white was an available option.
> >
> >
> > I’m pretty sure that the black is black.  I am not sure, but I want to
> say
> > that the tubes in mine are B&W, not green or amber.  I think that I had 3
> > and I think that I still have 2, I’m sure that I still have one with a
> > Q-Bus card cage.
> >
> > Zane
> >
>