[personal] You just can't buy these anymore

[Mike Hatch]

>>Subject: [personal] You just can't buy these anymore
>>One of the few items damaged in the shipping of our PDP7 from University 
>>of Oregon was a handful of the front panel switches.  The switches 
>>themselves are a standard telephone switch and are still available!  But 
>>the long, tapered bat handles were unobtainium.

Same happened to Tore's PDP7 system in Oslo, he may be interested but I 
think restoration of that system has stalled.

What are the switches, type # supplier ?. I thought they were a C&K 7101 
style, I'm looking into creating a front panel with modern elcectronics for 
a lookey-likey blinkenlights.

>>So, one of our folks with above-average mechanical aptitude *made* some 
>>for us:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hUEPfgKJwY
>>Pretty cool, huh?
You can do anything with the right tools !

Would appreciate any photos or info on the restoration for the PDP-7 
register

Regards
Mike.
http://www.soemtron.org/pdp7.html

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