PDP-8/E Top Cover

[Pete Turnbull]

On 01/07/2007 23:17, Todd Paisley wrote:

>> I don't know of any other machine that used the same cover, but I find
>> mine a bit awkward , so instead I have a cover made out of a folded
>> piece of transparent polycarbonate.  Looks good at exhibitions :-)
> 
> Wow. That that would be really neat!  I wonder if yours served the same
> purpose when it was new!

When I got it, it had the normal metal cover, but the foam glued to the 
inside to press on the boards, had gone the way of all computer foam, so 
I had to replace it.

The polycarbonate cover was cut from a larger piece on the occasion of 
an exhibition at the University.  I had the machine running a simple 
demo, and the cover was off so students could see the boards and I could 
point out the major parts.  It's rather fiddly to keep putting the cover 
on and taking it off, however the laboratory superintendent was a bit 
concerned about students poking their fingers in (or dropping debris) so 
he found this large sheet of pre-folded polycarb, which he donated.  A 
little extra work after the exhibition made it a better fit, and added 
ventilation, so I kept it that way.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York