I have found that metal PS/2 keys work as well, if your are not insistant on historical purity. I, personally, have always prefered functionality over appearance.
bill ________________________________________ From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Ian S. King via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2017 2:00 AM To: Rod Smallwood; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: pdp-8/e restoration. Those keys are common across nearly all DEC machines prior to the ones that started using plastic keys. XX2247 is the code. -- Ian On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 10:29 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi List! > > Movin right along. > > Programmers console now properly attached to light screening bar. > > Front panel and bezel on. Needs a bit more work. > > Not as secure or as straight as I would like. > > Then there's the key lock problem. > > Its in the off position and of course I don't have the key. > > So I cant fit that just now. > > Took power supply out. Changed mains cable as it was only a foot long. > > Soldered to the circuit breaker was a factory standard would you believe. > > Power supply back in. Connect up. Power on. Load address 0000, press CLEAR > and CONT. > > Test program still in core. Started right up. > > To-days task get the serial I/O going. > > Rod in Restore Mode > > > .-- > Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy. > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change", UW IRB #42619 Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
