8/e paint

[Joe R.]

   FWIW department. A friend of mine got some custom paint for some of the
old Colins radios mixed up and delivered in spray cans. I don't know where
he got it from but I can probably find out.

    Joe



At 12:53 PM 7/24/05 -0400, you wrote:
>I just pulled a somewhat parted Typeset-8 out of a very dirty Memphis
>basement, and just like the PDP-8/e I had before this, the panel paint is
>just starting to peel above the rightmost switches. 
>
>This bugs the hell out of me. I hate peeling paint.
>
>I am toying with the idea of mixing up some paint to patch the flaws (the
>rest of the panel is really great). Is there any interest in 8/e orange
>(both shades) touchup paint, or am I the only one that manages to get
>8/e's with peels?
>
>The Typeset came with a DF32/DS32 pair and a Teleype BRPE paper tape punch
>(PP67?), but the paper tape panels and electronics were removed years ago.
>
>William Donzelli
>aw288 at osfn.org
>
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