IBM 5363 II

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Oct 8 20:12:47 1998

Daniel,

 The trift store that has the 5363 is closing down and now they're willing
to part with it. What should I offer for it? or what are they worth? I
doubt they have any docs or disks but apparently they have a terminal or
monitor on it and a keyboard cause some guy used to tinker with it.

   Joe

At 02:31 PM 6/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
>[What's 5363?]
>That's an IBM System/36. Once you get in, it's a nice menuized thing, easy
>to deal with. I have one, and I'm getting another.
>SSP means System Support Product. I guess it's the O/S...
>You will need a twinax terminal to use it. They're neat to have.
>Especially if you get manuals and the SSP floppies...
>As for the password, it took me 3 tries to get into mine.
>Username BACKUP, password was PASS. Nice.
>It can be reloaded from the SSP disks (I don't have these. Anyone got
images?)
>to bypass the passwords...
>Also, see if you can get the key that goes in the frontpanel. It's not
>necessary to run the machine, but it lets you put the machine in Service
>mode and you can make it do fun things like dump core.
>I have bypassed this on my box by wiring the key permanently in the SERVICE
>position.
>If you get it, I'd be glad to help run it...
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Received on Thu Oct 08 1998 - 20:12:47 BST