7 Mar
2003
7 Mar
'03
8:36 a.m.
Tony:
to a factory sale auction where there was a floppy
drive MINC. I noticed
it contained the (IMHO somewhat rare) pre-amp and thermocouple modules,
neither of which I had. Amazingly I got it for the opening bid of \pounds
2.00
Hehe, just like London Buses eh? :)
Is this connected to the top edge connector (which
should have a
connector block with screw terminals plugged onto it), or is it wired to
component leads on the PCB or what?
It's on the top edge connector and also has some sort of resistor stuck in a
big plastic box wired to one of the lines.
Sure, but for some odd reason MINCs seem to have them.
All mine do, and
AFAIK none were ever used with a parallel printer.
Weird, unless the aim was to use the serial lines for other connections?
The MINC Newsletters are great; full of 1970s boffinry and blokes with
beards prodding things while MINC does the data collection and plots it
nicely on the VT105 :) I just need the extra module for my VT100 and I'm
sorted!
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