Re: DEC Logo

2015-07-01 Thread simon
On 30-06-15 15:10, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-06-30 4:44 AM, simon wrote: On 29-06-15 14:56, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-06-29 3:54 AM, simon wrote: the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me. But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-30 Thread simon
On 29-06-15 14:56, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-06-29 3:54 AM, simon wrote: the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me. But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some fonts for the logo and taking a closer look at the line: digital equipment

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-30 Thread Toby Thain
On 2015-06-30 4:44 AM, simon wrote: On 29-06-15 14:56, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-06-29 3:54 AM, simon wrote: the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me. But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some fonts for the logo and taking a closer

Logos and typefaces and fonts (oh, my!) [was: RE: DEC Logo]

2015-06-30 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Dave G4UGM Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 8:43 AM From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Toby Thain Sent: 30 June 2015 14:10 On 2015-06-30 4:44 AM, simon wrote: On 29-06-15 14:56, Toby Thain wrote: On 2015-06-29 3:54 AM, simon wrote: the front of the

Re: Logos and typefaces and fonts (oh, my!) [was: RE: DEC Logo]

2015-06-30 Thread Pete Turnbull
On 30/06/2015 20:21, Rich Alderson wrote: Note that I use the terms (type)face and logo, not font. Until Apple bastardized the term, a _font_ was a package of metal type in a particular _typeface_, and was the unit by which type was ordered from a foundry. A _logo_ was a special item, cast as

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-29 Thread Paul Koning
On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au wrote: On 2015-06-29 10:59 AM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, simon sim...@dds.nl wrote: It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold Where? In the picture that Bill posted, you can see what I

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-29 Thread Toby Thain
On 2015-06-29 1:26 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au wrote: On 2015-06-29 10:59 AM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, simon sim...@dds.nl wrote: It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold Where? In the picture

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-29 Thread simon
:-) ze web to ze rescue: grabbing a png from the pdf of the maintanance manual and uploading it to myfonts.com points me to the font rescue regular. but it is not perfect as the verticals have rounded ends on rescue and straight on the dec font. another is insignia but having the wrong

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-29 Thread Paul Koning
On Jun 29, 2015, at 3:19 PM, Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au wrote: On 2015-06-29 1:26 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au wrote: ... There's reason to believe it's Chalet. See my previous mail for a link to one revival of that

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-28 Thread Chris Osborn
On Jun 18, 2015, at 7:20 AM, Chris Osborn fozzt...@fozztexx.com wrote: The logo up to then had been the letters DEC in blocks the shape of the plug-in cards that DEC had been producing. Does anyone have a picture of that? My Google-fu is failing me. I love cutting vinyl

Re: DEC Logo

2015-06-28 Thread william degnan
(newest Digital logo) http://vintagecomputer.net/digital/Digital_Logo.jpg (from my Alpha Server 2100 4/275) But I think the original poster said he was looking for the ... d e c ...logo (stacked upright letters)? There might be a cheat...Digital printed a dec logo that is very much like the

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

2015-06-18 Thread Electronics Plus
-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

2015-06-18 Thread Paul Koning
On Jun 18, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Rod Smallwood rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com wrote: ... My favorite story was one I know to be true. The story was that Ken Olsen drove a Pinto (cheap amercian car) and parked with everyone else. Sure enough there was this tatty Pinto parked in the main car

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

2015-06-18 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 07:20:51AM -0700, Chris Osborn wrote: On Jun 18, 2015, at 4:42 AM, Jonathan Katz j...@jonworld.com 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.

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

2015-06-18 Thread Cory Smelosky
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

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

2015-06-18 Thread Chris Osborn
On Jun 18, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Pontus Pihlgren pon...@update.uu.se 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

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

2015-06-18 Thread Cory Smelosky
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

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

2015-06-18 Thread Cory Smelosky
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

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

2015-06-18 Thread Rich Alderson
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...

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

2015-06-18 Thread Chris Osborn
On Jun 18, 2015, at 11:15 AM, Rich Alderson ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org 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