On Thursday 02 September 2010, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 9/2/10, Dave McGuire <mcguire at
neurotica.com> wrote:
A MINC is a lot more than just a PDP-11!
While that's certainly true, has anyone on the list ever done anything
with the Lab I/O stuff on a MINC? I got one years ago with all the
docs and software (everything, really, except for the cart, which the
lab kept for something else). Mine only has one or two modules - a
clock board and one of the input boards (I'd have to check the exact
types), but since I didn't have much, I've only ever booted RT-11 and
noodled around on the VT105. ISTR the CPU bay is stuffed with a
KDF-11, 256K of memory, an RXV21, a DLV11J, and an IBV11.
Over the years, I've been given plenty of Qbus parts, but I've never
run across any loose MINC modules. I'm curious if anyone else ever
got a MINC loaded enough to do something fun with it.
I have a working MINC/DECLAB-23 with the following:
MINC Components
---------------
(1) MNCAM Dual Multiplexer
(1) MNCAG Preamp
(1) MNCAD A/D
(1) MNCAA D/A
(2) MNCKW Clock
11/23 Components
----------------
M8043 DLV11J 4 port serial
M8029 RXV21 RX02 Controller w/RX02
M8059KP Memory 128KW
M8186YB 11/23 CPU w/MMU&FP11
M7954 IBV11 IEEE488
I also have all MINC manuals and MINC BASIC, etc.
At the moment, I have a slight bug in one channel of the MNCAM, but other that that,
everything passes MINC diagnostics.
Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley, AF6WS
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
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