On 17/04/2018 10:07, Dave Liquorice wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:14:42 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer
> wrote:
>
>> Was brought up on PDP11 and PDP8 and miss the ability, on the few
>> occasions when necessary, to drill right down to the machine
>> itself. Blinkenlights  is a (fairly standard in alt.folklore.computers)
>> reference to a front panel with binary lamps and switches.
>
> You can get kits of look a like switches, lights, etc to emulate a
> PDP11 control panel, the LEDs are even driven to emulate filament
> bulbs. But I guess this isn't what you want.
>

I've already obtained 100 lever operated microswitches and
when I resurrect the 3D printer from 3 years ago, will be
set up to make the toggles.

But no, I don't want a PDP11, just its style, to give me
low level access to the Pi3.

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