IBM s/36

From: Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk <(Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk)>
Date: Mon Nov 24 10:00:23 1997

> I=B4m afraid this computer is off-topic (dated 1988). Sorry.=20

Never mind. There were system/36 machines around in 1985 and even
earlier...

> An IBM 5363-I has recently been given to me, but I don=B4t know anything
> at all about its internal architecture or capabilities. I only own the
> Central Unit; no cables, no floppies, no tapes, no manuals, no
> terminals.

I don't know the system/36 awfully well - I worked more on system/34s -
how big is this physically? The 5362 was desk-side, the 5364 desktop
(the same box as the PC/AT), but I don't know the 5363 (probably after
my time if it's 1988).

> * It has two 15-pin sub-d connectors in one expansion card. They seem to
> be for attaching two serial terminals (syncronous? type 5250?)

Dunno. Probably not 5250 - these hang in chains (pun intended) off the
twinax ports.

> * In another expansion board it has a 9-pin sub-d connector.
> * There are too four twin-axial connectors.

Four? Quite a sizeable system, then.

> Can anybody help me on this subject?
>
> Thanks in advance.

Just my tuppence worth! I'd guess you've got a fairly powerful (by
1980s standards) machine.

Philip.
Received on Mon Nov 24 1997 - 10:00:23 GMT