On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 8:55 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Was there a yellow/brown one for PDP8 systems? > > Yes, I have one sitting on my PDP-8/e system. Just like the PDP-11 OK, at least I am not asking for something that never existed :-) > panels, they’re “printed” on an aluminum sheet that’s glued into the > plastic header panel. I haven’t found it easy to remove them from > the plastic header panel without bending the aluminum so it’ll probably > be difficult to get a reasonable scan but others may have better luck > at removing them than I have had. I hadn't realised that they were printed on aluminium. Ouch!. I also don't know how they are fixed to the plastic header panel, my plastic panel is 'empty' and I don't see any adhesive residue. Maybe some kind of double-sided tape? I wonder if something could be done with a good photograph of the panel? Obviously I am not asking anyone to damage or risk damaging their machines for this. > >> >> If so, is a scan available anywhere? >> >> Is there any way I can get it printed (and onto what) in the UK? I don't >> have a >> large enough printer to do this. > > I would imagine that the best way to do this would be to have the > image silk screened onto the appropriate material and then insert > that into the header panel. That sounds non-trivial to do.... -tony
