4 Mar
2008
4 Mar
'08
4:22 p.m.
Gerold Pauler wrote:
Hello IBM folks,
as an absolute (IBM) mainframe dummy
I would like to know what an IBM 3088 was used for?
I don't know anything about mainframes therefore
many of the infos I found on the net don't give
much meaning to me.
Size is about chest high for me, or probably 40" to the top. There is a
console much like the DASD with switches and indicators, and so forth.
It is probably 36" or 40" square as well.
Bus and Tag cables enter and exit the bottom, and can be serviced by
opening the rear.
I believe there is an 8" floppy service option, but we could program the
thing either from the console or from something on the 4381. I'll check
with my buddy and see what he remembers, as he programmed our setup.
they probably weigh from 400# to 600# like all similar era IBM boxes.
Jim