25 Mar
2016
25 Mar
'16
1:28 a.m.
I received one of the new panels from Rob, and it is nearly indistinguishable from the
original. It captures the matte finish of the original exactly. Fantastic!
_PDP-8 New Products under consideration _
1. Front panels for any of the other PDP-8 models, Including the
Straight 8 but excluding PDP-8A.
I'd like to cast a vote for the PDP8/I. I have a machine with a completely trashed
panel, where the clear-coat has become crinkly, cracked, and dark.
I suspect there may be a market for these panels for simulator-backed front panel
reproductions. Oscar Vermuelen's excellent PiDP-8 uses a reduced-size PDP8/I panel,
but a full-sized replica would be even nicer. The PDP8/I has the most beautiful and
complete panel of any of the 8s, perhaps of any minicomputer.
--Bill