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   Craig P (craigp@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 01:30:24 JST Craig P

   These days due to Google's immense skill, it's nearly impossible to find original LCARS shots, but you can see plenty of interfaces inspired by various generations of it. Here's one.

   The PDP-10 style "color runners" are the main notable element of these designs. On the PDP-10 these were labels for status lights, but on LCARS they seem to mostly be menu or folder buttons, with the status indicated by text or those bullet-shaped toggle decals. Which were also PDP-10 standard.

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     Craig P (craigp@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 01:30:24 JST Craig P

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     Adding in that burned-orange to the standard PDP-10 blue-white-navy really makes it feel 70s.

     I bet there are loads of other old machines that used similar interfaces to the PDP-10, maybe it's wishful thinking on my part that the PDP-10 is the trendsetter.

     But what's clear for sure is that LCARS is a reimplementation of that real-world UI, not a brand new concept.