PDP-11 Color Codes

[Ian King]

Maybe that explains the numbering scheme, too.  
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy [healyzh at aracnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 5:21 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDP-11 Color Codes

At 8:11 PM -0500 3/9/10, William Donzelli wrote:
>  > Does anyone know the CYMK or RGB color codes for the PDP-11 rack header?
>>  This is the maroon/purple color scheme.  The one on my rack is pretty faded
>>  and want to make a new one.  Thanks!
>
>DEC header panels, or whatever they are called, have a very complex
>coding scheme, dictated by:
>
>Marketing Dept. requests
>Whatever DEC could get cheap
>Available clean silkscreens
>Mistakes and coverups
>Department secretary's mood
>Number of tokes administered

This has to be the best explanation I've ever seen of this subject!

Zane


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