2 awesome days of awesome finds!

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Thu Jun 28 11:21:23 2001

> I saw a Modcomp front panel just the other day. Very nice
> looking bit of kit, but it wasn't wired up to anything, so
> no blinkenlights.
>
> > a Microdata, a CDC, a Prime, a Basic Four, a Bytronix, a
>
> Now a Prime would be nice, but the one I used 1981-85 at
> Westfield College, London, was a P750 with (as far as I'm
> aware) no lights or switches. Apart from the reset button,
> which nearly got pressed by a visitor on a machine room
> tour!

The P400 was the last machine (well, maybe the 450?) that
had a front panel. It was an interesting bump-out design,
but wasn't really very cool looking, when compared to an
Eclipse, or a KI-10, or hell, even a KL-10.

My 2455 has a virtual control panel like the 750 did. If
I had a real front panel, the damned thing might be running
right now.

Regards,
-dq
 
Received on Thu Jun 28 2001 - 11:21:23 BST