5 Oct
1998
5 Oct
'98
5:05 p.m.
A friend of mine just called and said he saw some older
IBM stuff at the
junk yard and was letting me know. He indicated there was an IBM box with a
vertical 8" floppy drive with the box about 12"w x 30"h x 30" or so
deep.
There was also a tape drive which had already been scrounged. Does this
sound like something I should take a look at and get? He used the number
5360 but really wasn't sure what the computer and peripherals were.
Cool! That's an IBM System/36. If you can plug it in and it does something,
it's probably worth grabbing. On the other hand, if it's rusted apart and
when you plug it in it blows up in your face, run away... Just make sure
you have enough room to store it. You'll also need some terminals(I think
5250 type), or at least a PC with some 5250 terminal software and an
interface(you can buy them new at around $300, but an old cheap/free
terminal would probably be better...)
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