front panels

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Date: Mon Feb 23 16:53:48 1998

>Yes, the Byte-8 had a front panel with, I believe, a hex keypad and
a two
>digit 7-segment LED display.

The Byte Systems' BYT-8 didn't have a keypad or LED display, just 24 toggle
switches and the usual binary LEDs. The front panel plugs directly into the
backplane.

> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:
> Does anyone remember other front panel S-100 cards besides MITS,
> IMSAI, Ithaca, and Wameco? Wasn't there a Byte-8 sold by Olson
Electronics
> for a while that also had a front panel?

Other front panels... hmm.

The Ithaca InterSystems DPS-1 had one.

Somewhere kicking around I do have another "front panel" card that could
hardly have been used as a literal front panel... I believe it was made by
Jameco or somesuch. It's a full-and-a-half-length S-100 Z80 single board
computer card (it's so long, it couldn't have fit in any case) with several
segments of alpha display, and a 24- or 30-key keyboard-style keypad.

Kai
Received on Mon Feb 23 1998 - 16:53:48 GMT