On Sun, 6 May 2001, Jamie Ostrowski wrote:

>     Okay, sounds like we all want vintage looking meters. I will try to
> see what I can come up with. It would be especially perfect if we could
> come up with a meter that has a backface that says Memory Usage. hmmm...
> 

It's possible to have someone make a replacemnt backplate.  You won't find
anything labelled that already, though.  

To be truly vintage in this case (yeah, like it really is historically
accurate), the label would not be part of the meter, it would either be
etched into the metal below the bezel, esp. if you like the HP test
equipment look, or alternately you could just do it with a Dymo label
machine (you know, the old raised letters.)

All computers used to be a lot more roll your own.  Actually, I just found
an old book with a lot of pictures of 60's era computers when I was doing
a little research for the Scriptor Machinalis latin compiler.  (Still on
the lookout for help...)  I'm going to try and put some up -- maybe
there's a couple of ideas in there.


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