Sorry to jump in on a list I don't have the time to read normally, but
the following contribution may be worth the bandwidth.
 
On Tue, 21 May 1996, James Hofmeister wrote among other good things:
 
> You might be a high tech red-neck if:
 
6. If you have a Series II/III front panel on your living room wall rewired
   as a digital clock which reads out in hex (sorry, octal just won't do
   sexagesimal).
 
It's definitely do-able if you're really good at an Xacto knife and a few
other sundry tools.  I do have the schematics for the panel, along with a
couple panels in my basement just waiting for the time...
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