It is sacrelege! In all honesty, real front panels are expensive. An 11/40 front panel sold recently on eBay for $2000! (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314122754771 <https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314122754771>)
They’re also hard to come by, and most that have them are going to be very reluctant to part with them. I suggest, if you want a display piece, the very good replicas done by Oscar Vermeulen. He offers both a PDP-11 and PDP-8 replica kit, powered by a Rasberry Pi and the SimH emulator. He is also working on a PDP-10 replica as well. These are reasonably priced, and very good quality, working, scaled replicas of their respective systems. (https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11 <https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11>) It’s worth noting that other replica front panel systems are available as well, including, but not limited to the Altairduino 8080 > On Sep 22, 2022, at 6:05 PM, Peter Van Peborgh via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know this is sacrilege but I am looking for the front panel of a *Data > General Nova *and/or *a DEC PDP 8/11/12/15*. > Why? I collect artefacts from the days of the minicomputer and earlier and > I want them for my collection/display. They should be not too damaged and > of course do not need to be functional. I would be willing to pay > postage/freight. > Any offers? Any offers? > Peter > > PS Please don't shout at me!
