[Milsurplus] Repackaged equipment

[Ira J. Moser]

It's likely that the seafoam-green gear was from the early ICBM programs-
ie: the Atlas D/E/F, and the Titan 1.    All the pictures I've seen of the
consoles and racks from this era, are that monkey-shit (institutional) green.

--Ira



Todd Bigelow - PS wrote:

> 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
>
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