What computer is this front panel for?

From: J.C.Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Fri Feb 14 12:46:00 2003

Nowhere close to an IMSAI. IMSAI's are red and blue, and have square bats,
with tight spacing. Perkin Elmer, maybe?

        --John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 13:09
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: What computer is this front panel for?
>
>
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3401934914
> &category=1247
> >
> >They think it's a PDP-8 panel, but I highly doubt that given:
> >
> >(0) It's got 24 bits, or maybe 18 + 6 if you look closely.
> >(1) The switches are the wrong color
> >(2) No "|D|I|G|I|T|A|L| PDP-8" anywhere on it
> >(3) Doesn't look like any PDP-8 I've ever seen
> >
> >So what is it?
>
> Good question, I'm pretty sure it's not DEC (unless it's from
> an 18-bit
> system). In looking at the switches, even though they're the
> wrong colour,
> they appear to be closer to those found on an IMSAI 8080.
> Another oddity
> is the two keys per panel.
>
> It would be nice if the poster had given some info on what is
> written on
> the panels, or provided a better photo (so we could read it
> ourselves).
>
> Zane
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