Minicom = MiniComputer Technology = MCT ; The SMC12 CONTROLLER, SMC802 & SMC902

Deeper research on:

MINICOM DISK TO TAPE COPY UTILITY

There's a clue in:

Bruce Ray on emulating a Point 4 system

"Most of the IRIS-similar backup utilities (disk-to-tape-to-disk) were simple sector copy programs, usually the entire disk (or a LU subset).
MCT (MiniComputer Technology), Lotus, and Rianda controllers were popular 3rd-party products in the '70s and '80s."


Our internal discussion on this:

May 01 14:33:48 <Cprossu> so I am curious. MiniComputer Technologies = Microtech right?May 01 14:34:56 <MightyFrame> Wow!  I haven't made that connection yet.  Where did you see  MiniComputer Technologies again????
May 01 14:35:17 <Cprossu> in the disk drive controllers that are supported in the ascii portion of the tape dump
May 01 14:36:01 <Cprossu> like " 4 - T302 DISK DRIVE ON A MCT SMC12 CONTROLLER  "
May 01 14:36:08 <Cprossu> so I mooked up MCT SMC12
May 01 14:36:11 <Cprossu> *looked
May 01 14:36:24 <Cprossu> and found "MicroComputer Technologies had made that controller
May 01 14:36:25 <MightyFrame> Well, looking that up on my OWN SITE, I find hits:
May 01 14:36:27 <MightyFrame> http://microtechm1.blogspot.com/2015/10/bruce-ray-on-emulating-point-4-system.html


MCT SMC12 Controller

From Computer Magazine, May 18, 1979, page 86, top right.

Controller interfaces Nova, Eclipse with Storage Module disk drives

MiniComputer Technology's new SMC12,
an intelligent single-board controller, interfaces
Nova, Eclipse, and other Data
General-compatible minicomputers with
up to four Storage Module-compatible disk
drives in any mix of capacities to 1200M
bytes. Two computers with SMC12 controllers
can share dual ported drives. Transfer
rate is up to 1.2M bytes per second.
Dual, full sector RAM buffers allow
single-command contiguous sector transfers
to 64K words. True hardware error
correction detects and corrects data error

bursts up to 11 bits in one operation, and
microprogrammed TTL logic reduces software
overhead, according to the company.
Software support includes RDOS, IRIS,
and BLIS/Cobol compatible drivers.
Stand-alone diagnostic/formatter software
verifies correct operation and flags
unusable, flawed sectors automatically
when a disk pack is formatted.
Single-quantity price is $3580, with
OEM discounts available. Delivery is 45
days, ARO.

MCT 802 Controller

From Computerworld Nov 5, 1975, page 29

Does the IRIS 7.3 Manager Manual mention this disk driver on page 3-1?  
"Minicomputer Technology TDC-802" 
The TDC vs MCT is different, but it is the same company.  Minicomputer Technology.

MCT 902 Controller

From Computerworld Feb 6, 1978, page 52

From Computerworld Nov 13, 1978, page 84