This is MINC – the Modular Instrument Computer; a special PDP-11 system with modules for analog and digital I/O and timing for use in a laboratory.
Under this page (see the menu on the left) I’m collecting information on the MINC hardware and software. All of it is very much a work in progress, let me know if you have questions, remarks, or corrections!
MINC Documentation
MINC came with a nice set of eight user-level manuals – including an overview of the hardware, and how a user can connect those to other equipment. These can be found via:https://electrickery.hosting.philpem.me.uk/comp/minc/index.html (look for the link ‘Scanned and PDFed doc’).
Next to that, Bitsavers has a few manuals about the additional Fortran packages that were available – I haven’t really looked at those yet, other than a quick check if there was any directly useful information about the hardware in them. These are at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/minc/ , But that same directory also has the schematics – the file MP00652_MNC11_Schematics_Jul78.pdf is the best scan.
Bitsavers also has diagnostics module listings. When I started work on MINC, only the X11 modules were available, but now we also have the much more elaborate standalone tests. Look for VMNA through VMNG in the directory https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/microfiche/Diagnostic_Program_Listings/Listings/ .
MINC Software
MINC software is also pretty difficult to find. There is an older version of the sofware here: http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/floppyimages/minc/rx02/ ; these are floppy disk images that can be converted to an RK05 image to use with PDP2011; see the page under the HOWTO section for documentation.
Also on Bitsavers there is a later “V3” version set here: https://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/minc/MINC_MA_RXRL_V3.0_RX2_1982/ ; these floppy images can be converted to an RL02 image to use with PDP2011; see the Nov 24, 2024 blog post for documentation.