21 May
2016
21 May
'16
10:32 a.m.
I would hope whoever gets it is prepared to exchange
information. There is no
software with my machine, of course.
Pete,
Congrats! Once you pick up the system feel free to contact me about getting copies of
the limited software I have for the MINC at this time. They are great systems to
experiment with.
Mark Matlock
In case anyone is worried I am keeping 2 MINCs myself. One is an RL01-based
one that I have pulled the CPU, RAM and Bootstrap cards from and hung it off
a DW11-B (Unibus-Qbus interface) on a PDP11/45 (yes, that does work!). I've not
got the 11/45 running after the house move, but it is all there and sorting it out
is just a matter of time The other MINC is a MINC-23 (PDP11/23 CPU board),
with an RX02. I am also keeping at least one of every MINC module I have
ever owned, including MNCAG (analogue preamplifier) and MNCTP
(thermocouple interface).
Tony,
Using a DW11-B to connect the MINC to a PDP-11/45 sounds fantastic! What a neat idea!
I have all the MINC modules except the MNCTP thermocouple interface and the MNCAM analog
mux. With the modified BDV11 I've been able to boot 11/03, 11/23 and 11/73 CPUs. I run
either RT-11 and RSX11M by changing MicroSD cards on the UC07 / SCSI2SD drives (configured
as 4 150 MB drives). I understand some MINC-23s ran RSX and would love to find any drivers
for RSX and the MINC modules.
Mark Matlock
21 May
21 May
10:37 a.m.
Using a DW11-B to connect the MINC to a PDP-11/45
sounds fantastic!
Believe-it-or-not I did it becuase I didn't have an RL11. I used the RLV11 in the
MINC to interface to the RL01s. Yes, that does work.
What a neat idea! I have all the MINC modules except
the MNCTP
thermocouple interface and the MNCAM analog mux. With the modified
I think the MNCAM is the only one I am missing.
I have : MNCAD (ADC), MNCAA (DAC), MNCAG (preamplifier, MNCTP
(Thermocouple amplifier), MNCDI (Digital Input), MNCDO (Digital
Output) and MNCKW (Clock). Are there others?
BDV11 I've been able to boot 11/03, 11/23 and
11/73 CPUs. I run either
RT-11 and RSX11M by changing MicroSD cards on the UC07 / SCSI2SD
drives (configured as 4 150 MB drives). I understand some MINC-23s ran
RSX and would love to find any drivers for RSX and the MINC modules.
The MINC is a standard Q-bus system. The backplane looks odd, but it's
just Qbus with CD interconnect. I can't remember if there is CD interconnect
between the logic cards (in the right hand compartment with the silly notice
on top [1]) and the MINC modules, but there is certainly CD interconnect
between the logic boards (the RLV11 needs it for one thing) and between
the MINC modules (that's how the clock gets to trigger the ADC and how
the mux and preamplifiers feed the ADC). The rear 2 connectors of each
MINC module are normal Qbus AFAIK.
I've never seen RSX drivers for the MINC modules. There was a set of
RT11 libraries, etc.
-tony
2:05 p.m.
Hey Pete,
I have software and documentation, too. I really like my MINC. My machine
is RX02 based, but I have a SCSI adapter for it. One of these days, I'm
going to get around to either putting a real SCSI drive or a SCSI-to-SD
adapter in it.
If you have the 11/03 version, you need the earlier version of the MINC
software. The 11/23 version needs a later version of the software, because
of some changes in the instruction set - not all PDP-11 processors were
created equal! And RT-11 will indeed run fine on these.
On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 10:37 AM, tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
Using a DW11-B to connect the MINC to a
PDP-11/45 sounds fantastic!
Believe-it-or-not I did it becuase I didn't have an RL11. I used the RLV11
in the
MINC to interface to the RL01s. Yes, that does work.
What a neat idea! I have all the MINC modules
except the MNCTP
thermocouple interface and the MNCAM analog mux. With the modified
I think the MNCAM is the only one I am missing.
I have : MNCAD (ADC), MNCAA (DAC), MNCAG (preamplifier, MNCTP
(Thermocouple amplifier), MNCDI (Digital Input), MNCDO (Digital
Output) and MNCKW (Clock). Are there others?
BDV11 I've been able to boot 11/03, 11/23 and
11/73 CPUs. I run either
RT-11 and RSX11M by changing MicroSD cards on the UC07 / SCSI2SD
drives (configured as 4 150 MB drives). I understand some MINC-23s ran
RSX and would love to find any drivers for RSX and the MINC modules.
The MINC is a standard Q-bus system. The backplane looks odd, but it's
just Qbus with CD interconnect. I can't remember if there is CD
interconnect
between the logic cards (in the right hand compartment with the silly
notice
on top [1]) and the MINC modules, but there is certainly CD interconnect
between the logic boards (the RLV11 needs it for one thing) and between
the MINC modules (that's how the clock gets to trigger the ADC and how
the mux and preamplifiers feed the ADC). The rear 2 connectors of each
MINC module are normal Qbus AFAIK.
I've never seen RSX drivers for the MINC modules. There was a set of
RT11 libraries, etc.
-tony
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