[Info-vax] what color?

Michael Kraemer m.kraemer at gsi.de
Mon Aug 16 11:14:41 EDT 2010


In article <H6ednYvyrKEXzvTRnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert"
<rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> starchild wrote:
> > Hello
> > Anybody know the true colour the VAX 3100/4000 series are? The colour
> > looks like a cream white or maybe a little silver gray? The reason I'm
> > asking I just got a 3100-80 (no mem/hard drives) and the case has
> > markings and dents and I would like to restore to its original
> > looking.
> > tks
> 
> Your chances of matching the color exactly are poor.  What looks like 
> paint may, instead, be "powder coating" a process in which an object is 
> sprayed with a dry powder which is then baked to form the finish.

which might explain why the surface is kind of rough.
A paint would probably yield a smoother surface, 
like that of a car.



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