>We threw out a PDP-8 front panel only about two years ago, you may find
>these around still.

Nooo! Don't tell me that!! :) I like it more when someone says "I am going
to throw out (something old, useless and hard to find, and by the way, what
you want) tomorrow." :)

>The PDP-40 is a rather nice front panel from a point of view of
>imitating the flashing Address and Data bus of the 70's. I think this
>would suit your needs if you can find one.

I'm not just looking to simulate the flashing lights, but to also have a
working computer created. It will *secretly* have serial ports (I have 2 Z80
SIO/0s that I have to use up), so that I will be able to have a modem, and
perhaps run the worlds largest smallest webserver :) I would like to create
my own computer, just to say that I did :) In the end it will probably end
up doing something mundane like controlling the sprinklers in my garden, and
telling me there is mail in my (real) mailbox.

>I understand your preference for incandescent lamps, so the LED's would
>be of much use anyway, but I think the switches should do the trick.

If I could find a PDP-8 front panel, I would rather find the rest of the
computer, and build a working PDP-8 :)

PS: I'm looking for suggestions for names of my computer. I'm looking for
something that pulls the same mental strings as UNIVAC and ENIAC.

- Keelan Lightfoot