It's the same white as the pdp 8a, or rl02 new. On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:42 AM Magnus Ringman via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> A guess, but a confident one: the white part of the VT100 casing would > originally have been the same white as the VAX11 metal cabinets were > painted in. > Look at promotional brochures from the era that include a VAX and a > terminal. > The color might well be a FED-STD-595 one, and/or a very similar Pantone > one. > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM Zane Healy via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 21, 2021, at 6:48 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > >> On 21/06/2021 07:51, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > >> I want to say that it’s white. Though I can’t get to mine right now. > > >> > > >> Zane > > >> > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPod > > >> > > >>> On Jun 20, 2021, at 10:50 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hello, > > >>> > > >>> Does anyone know what colors a VT100 is? Most photos online has it > > >>> looking yellowish, but I expect that's from aging. Some people I > have > > >>> asked claim it was a light cream color. This bitsavers picture has > it > > >>> looking neutral grey: > > >>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/vt100/vt100_wps-8.jpg > > >>> > > >>> And the black parts are claimed to be dark brown. > > >>> > > >>> I haven't found any color codes in the manuals. > > > > > > > > > I can't get t mine either but I think they were originally light cream, > > but not bright white. > > > > > > I suspect that most photos have it as yellowish because that's what > they > > are now :-) > > > > > > The black bits I remember as black. > > > > > > > > > I remember the tube colour being green, I think I remember seeing amber > > and I believe that white was an available option. > > > > > > I’m pretty sure that the black is black. I am not sure, but I want to > say > > that the tubes in mine are B&W, not green or amber. I think that I had 3 > > and I think that I still have 2, I’m sure that I still have one with a > > Q-Bus card cage. > > > > Zane > > >
