Free DEC MINC-11 in NW England - rescued!

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri Mar 7 17:06:00 2003

> 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? :)

Yeah, ypu wait for ages then 3 come along at once :-)


>
> > 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.

As you've probably discovered by now, the top connectors on the MINC
modules are for user I/O. The DAC outputs (and other I/O lines) are
there, for example. So presumably this was a connector for the user's
experiment.

-tony
Received on Fri Mar 07 2003 - 17:06:00 GMT