Ray,
A worthy undertaking. However "I volunteer to accomplish the building of
the prototype system using only
the parts available at the time the orginal computer were built." is going
to be problematic. The 8/I only came with core memory; you'd have to be a
glutton for punishment to do that fro
Hi
As I make panels I have the dimentions for PDP-8/e (two types) ,8/f,8/m and
8/I.
All except the 8/I start from the same 3mm Perspex blank. The holes are laser
cut.
First caution.
Cutting square or rectangular holes in thin plastic sheet is not for the faint
hearted.
The round holes
Hi Ray (and everyone),
I'm also very interested in knowing the mechanical dimensions of the front
panel PCB and positions of the lamps/switches/mounts/etc., but for the
PDP-8/e. Does anyone have front panel PCB dimensions and positions for all
the UI components I could use?
I can make a simple PC
Hello Ray
I have plenty of PDP-8/i front panels. I also make and stock
front panels for
PDP-8/e , f and m. The panels are made by the exact same process as the
originals.
They are designed as replacements for front panels on original systems.
I worked for digital when these syste
