Front panel as home decoration/art
I always fancied mounting one of the front panels on the wall as decoration, art even.
Never got one but love browsing through the pics on http://www.righto.com/2019/04/iconic-consoles-of-ibm-system360.html Iconic indeed - how many of us grew up thinking that computers look like that. That site also has an interesting discussion of the 555 timer chip.