2 Sep
2010
2 Sep
'10
12:23 p.m.
On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:46 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: MINC-11 (was Re: Collection reduction, part II the sequel)
On 9/2/10, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
It's never been used for anything "fun" by us, but my Dad has a MINC that
was owned by Canterbury University (Christchurch, NZ - I know Ethan
knows;) for their Alternative Fuels experiments back in the 80s. They used
it for doing all of the ADCs from their chassis dynamometer (which Dad
built) and the emissions gear, etc. The unit had almost every one of the
slots filled. I'm afraid I'm too young to have been aware of what it was
doing when it was in action - I was only five or six when the old man left
the project.
- JP
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.