> Tony, > Too bad your MINC is so far from me. I would love to have the spare parts > and RL01s to assist in my MINC restoration.
I think shipping it is out of the question, and there are people interested who can collect it from me. > I would like to collaborate with who ever gets your MINC. Some other kind > souls on this list have helped me with copies of the Lab Subroutine Package > software and Scientific Subroutine Package software for MINC. I would hope whoever gets it is prepared to exchange information. There is no software with my machine, of course. 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). > Also, anyone trying to connect to the DB9 terminal blocks for the DLV-11J > should be aware that the pin out is NOT the common DB9 RS232 pin out. It > takes a special DB9 to DB25 cable DEC provided or some wiring > experimentation with an RS232 breakout box. The engineering drawings do > document the connections however. Strictly there's no such thing as a DB9. The connector is a DE9. It's not the PC/AT pinout, but it wouldn't surprise me if DEC used it elsewhere. It is just a cable from the DLV11-J, so tracing signals isn't hard. And to be honest I feel if you are going to run actual classic hardware (as opposed to software under emulation) you are going to have to make up cables at least. -tony
