Free DEC MINC-11 in NW England - rescued!

It's all in the garage, complete with a DECWriter II and DECWriter III. I have to preen at this point and say that was the best bit of car packing I've ever done - *nothing* moved on the way home, and those Lake District roads leave a lot to be desired. Had to take the cover off one of the DECwriters to get it in the back though; thanks to DEC for welding the bloody legs on the stands of those things, and thanks to VW for giving the Passat estate a big load area :) Anyway; the haul included MINC with 2 modules and the following boards: M8012 boot board M8043 DLV11 4 channel MUX for console etc. M7954 IBV11 IEC/IEEE interface M8029 RXV21 RX02 controller M8044 MSV11 RAM board M7270 (I think) 11/23 CPU RX02 twin set Manuals including 'Unpacking MINC' and 'Using MINC' plus programming guides etc 3 years worth of MINC newsletter from V1 #1 VT100 tech ref. RX02 user guide Original system and demo disks plus PASCAL and FORTRAN disks Full schematics. All in all, that's a pretty good haul! (I'm a poet, etc :) The only thing that's been powered up recently was one of the DECWriters, and the magic smoke escaped from the print head apparently, but considering all of this has been stored in an outbuilding that used to be a milking shed 20 years ago I think it's all lasted quite well. First thing to do will be a full dismantle and clean I think...... Pix soon. cheers -- adrian/witchy www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly gothic shenanigans