RE: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

From: Chris Osborn Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:21 AM > On Jun 18, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Rich Alderson > wrote: >>> That’s the modern Digital logo, not the DEC logo that looks like the >>> plug-in cards. I thought you had a ps of the original pre-1957 DEC >>> logo. >> Pre-1957??? That would b

Re: Front Panels Personal Update

Also "typing" on a phone sucks. Phoning on a "phone" sucks too. "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." - Bjarne Stroustrup

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Jun 18, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Rich Alderson wrote: > >> That’s the modern Digital logo, not the DEC logo that looks like the plug-in >> cards. I thought you had a ps of the original pre-1957 DEC logo. > > Pre-1957??? That would be a good trick… I’m just going along with what that web site sa

RE: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

From: Chris Osborn Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:03 AM > That’s the modern Digital logo, not the DEC logo that looks like the plug-in > cards. I thought you had a ps of the original pre-1957 DEC logo. Pre-1957??? That would be a good trick...

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On Thursday (06/18/2015 at 07:50AM -0400), Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > > Also "typing" on a phone sucks. Phoning on a "phone" sucks too. -- Chris Elmquist

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Jun 18, 2015, at 8:46 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Chris Osborn wrote: > >> I?d love to get a copy! > > http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html > That’s the mo

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Chris Osborn wrote: I have a copy laying around as PostScript. I?d love to get a copy! http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html -- Follow me on twitter: @FozzTexx Check out my blog: http://insentricity.com -- Cory Smelosky http://

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Chris Osborn wrote: I have a copy laying around as PostScript. I?d love to get a copy! Let me find it. -- Follow me on twitter: @FozzTexx Check out my blog: http://insentricity.com -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Projec

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Jun 18, 2015, at 7:30 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > >> I suppose it's this one: >> >> http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/dec/pdp-1_online/dec.flip_flop_201.102633142.lg.jpg > > I have a copy laying around as PostScript. I’d

RE: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chris Osborn Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:21 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update) On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:42 AM, Jonathan Katz

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Thu, 18 Jun 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: I suppose it's this one: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/dec/pdp-1_online/dec.flip_flop_201.102633142.lg.jpg I recall seing a better version of the logo in some manual on bitsavers or similar. Can't find it now. I have a

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Jun 18, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > I suppose it's this one: > > http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/dec/pdp-1_online/dec.flip_flop_201.102633142.lg.jpg I found that one a couple of times but it just looked like a rectangle to me, not “plug-in cards”, so

Re: DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 07:20:51AM -0700, Chris Osborn wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:42 AM, Jonathan Katz wrote: > > > There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC "D I G I T A L" logo > > in blocks. That may be a start. > > > > http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_di

DEC Logo (was: Front Panels Personal Update)

On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:42 AM, Jonathan Katz wrote: > There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC "D I G I T A L" logo > in blocks. That may be a start. > > http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html "The logo up to then had been the letters DEC in bl

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > That article is quite neat, I must say. I always thought that the logo was > only Helvetica, but it's interesting to see what it really is. The only reason I know about the article was due to Google, but that was because I used t

Re: Front Panels Personal Update

On Thursday, 18 June 2015, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > > The article pointed to by URL above specifically state that it isn't. > > /P > Yeah, I realized that once my phone's *bleep* internet actually loaded the page... about two minutes after I sent the mail. That article is quite neat, I must say.

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On 18/06/2015 12:50, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: On Thursday, 18 June 2015, Jonathan Katz wrote: There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC "D I G I T A L" logo in blocks. That may be a start. http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html If I recall

Re: Front Panels Personal Update

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 07:50:02AM -0400, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > On Thursday, 18 June 2015, Jonathan Katz wrote: > > > > There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC "D I G I T A L" logo > > in blocks. That may be a start. > > > > http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_histor

Re: Front Panels Personal Update

On Thursday, 18 June 2015, Jonathan Katz wrote: > > There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC "D I G I T A L" logo > in blocks. That may be a start. > > http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html > If I recall, isn't the logo "just" Helvetica? I think, not

Re: Front Panels Personal Update

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > The Chalet font family is very similar to "the DEC font". < > > PS. One might find said fonts in a certain torrent... There is a Postscript doc out there with the DEC "D I G I T A L" logo in blocks. That may be a start. http://n

Front Panels Personal Update

On 18 June 2015 at 01:49, Rod Smallwood > wrote: > DEC used their own font, It can be identified like this > The letter a is formed by a circle with a vertical bar on the right hand > side. > This font is used for titles and the like in handbooks of this period. > > I'm going to have go at buildin

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Sorry Rod, I'll try to shoot you pricing/availability later this week. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Rod Smallwood < rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm just about done sending first batch front panels > Needless to say I have had some feed back on reqirements. > As well

Front Panels Personal Update

Hi Guys I'm just about done sending first batch front panels Needless to say I have had some feed back on reqirements. As well as the variations of 8/e panels, 8/f 8/i 8/L and 8/m have been mentioned. ; Of these the 8/f seemed like a good place to start. I have the white border and DEC logo