The undercoat is the right one. Keep in mind the color is light gray
and can look almost white in a gamma saturated picture.
Also over the early years DEC standard gray has never been exactly
the same color. It tended to standardize over time.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: PDP-8/E questions
>On Nov 25, 1:13, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
>> The front bezel (frame round the panel) has been repainted white, and
the
>> paint has flaked or chipped off in places, to reveal a chipped coat of
>> beige paint. I'd like to refinish and respray it. What's the correct
>> colour?
>
>On Nov 25, 1:28, Tony Duell wrote:
>
>> Mine is the normal DEC white colour (same as an RK05 or RX01, or...
>panel).
>> And I don't think it's ever been repainted
>
>On Nov 24, 21:03, ajp166 wrote:
>> DEC gray #68 A color close to eggshell toward very light gray.
>
>OK, so which? White or gray? I'm inclined to believe Allison, as my
RX02
>is the same colour as my QBus machines, and that's gray. But my 11/40
is
>lighter than that (though still not white), and in the pictures on David
>Gesswein's pages (eg
http://www.pdp8.net/pdp8em/pics/topboards.shtml?small)
>it looks decidely white....
>
>Mine has obviously had a thick coat (undercoat?) of grey, same colour as
my
>RX02, 11/23plus, 11/03, 11T23, 11/34, etc; but also had a thinner coat
of
>white on top.
>
>--
>Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
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