A library near me has art work facade about 20 feet tall with the castings of old radios, tv's and computers. Some of these I'd have liked to have had. I doubt any were saved after making the original casting.
Dwight ________________________________ From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Bill Degnan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2018 11:51:35 AM To: Ed Sharpe; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Honeywell DDP-516 console on Ebay - PLEASE don't bid! > On Thursday, February 22, 2018 Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 22.02.2018 16:18, Bill Degnan wrote: > > All I have so far is the > > console and a core module. I am looking for the rest of the computer > > if anyone has one... > Ah, good to know that there is a spare core stack around :-P > > > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=655 > I remember - having already commented on it... > > The front panel is quite dump. Everything is handled in the CPU and the > PSU. > > BTW you know that the schematics of the DDP-516 can be found on bitsavers? > > Kind regards > > Philipp > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org > wrote: > some panel hoader could drive this thru the roof.... I ran into someine > this year with no interest really in the computers but like the panels for > art.... with deep pockets. which makes them even scarier.....ed# > www.smecc.org<http://www.smecc.org> > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail I can accept someone keeping the front panel and dumping the computer more so than when on strips a keyboard from the terminal. Two reasons - One because with the front panel one can build something underneath to replace the original computer. Second - The computer may simply be too big to keep around But I am sure there is a Fridays restaurant somewhere in the USA with a UNIVAC front panel or something sad like that on the wall. Bill