[Milsurplus] Repackaged equipment

Todd Bigelow - PS [email protected]
Mon, 04 Feb 2002 13:04:00 -0500


I've seen a few of the nifty-green 51S-1s that the air force used for some
program. The entire unit is almost a seafoam green - front panel, trim ring,
and rack adapter. Can't imagine being in a room full of equipment that color,
though - I think I'd get dizzy....

Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ

"J. Forster" wrote:

> The biggest repackaged purchasers were USAF and NASA. Tens of thousands of
> instruments from the likes of Tek and HP were painted puke green by the
> manufacturers so everything looked the same. Rows of racks of all green
> instruments were common. Yuk.
>
> -John