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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > -- 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."
