Odd DEC panel available.

[Bob Shannon]

Correct, this would sit at the top of one of the early blue racks
used for the PDP-6, or it could go into a H-960 or just about
any other 19-inch rack.

It is not the PDP-6 CPU panel itself, that looks to be 2 bays
wide.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Smith" <eric at brouhaha.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Odd DEC panel available.


> Tim wrote:
>> http://simh.trailing-edge.com/photos/pdp6.jpg
>> yes?
>
> I haven't seen it, but I think the panel Bob is describing is one
> of the top-of-H960-rack indicator panels, not the CPU console.
> These were panels mainly used for diagnostic purposes.  If you look
> at any photos of KA10- or KI10-based PDP-10 systems (DECsystem-10),
> almost all of the cabinets have such a panel at the top.
>
> Eric
>
>