On 2022-09-22 10:49 p.m., Teo Zenios via cctalk wrote:
I assume some of that stuff was purchased for TV show or movie props.
Anyway you can't really complain unless you know the origins of those
front panels. Some of that equipment was scrapped a long time ago and
somebody found the front panel or other parts cool and kept them. You
can't really expect people to keep everything from being made into razor
blades 20+ years ago and kept in heated and cooled low humidity storage
so somebody down the road could snag it for lunch money.
If somebody pays a decent amount of cash to mount something on a wall it
will sooner or later end up being resold to a collector so its not
really lost in the long view of things.
If there is enough demand or it is worth the economics to recreate
somebody will 3D print parts and have boards made.
Well I could use a REAL front panel, and case, I don't have the skills to
fiddle with the little details to have it look professional and play
with pcb board design like ki-cad.
What I do want as ASR-33 style keyboard but upper/lower case, round keys
and PS/2 out and real bell for output sound.
This is hobby, I can't spend 100's of dollars per hour for a project,
or kick start money.
Ben.
