10 Nov
2018
10 Nov
'18
11:44 a.m.
You will need the keyboard. Those terminals usually don't come up without
it. Good news tho if the keyboard has been nicked, the protocol is
compatible-ish with PS/2. I have successfully used $generic_ps2_keyboard
with the right plug for it. Make sure to not hit the Windows key (or any
other 'new' keys) - you'll lock up the terminal's firmware.
You will also have to configure the terminal to use address 0 - Twinax
busses have an address range of 0-7 and you need bus 0, address 0 for the
console.
Generally speaking, bringing up the system is similar to bringing up early
AS/400s.
/y
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 at 19:59, alan--- via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Just picked up an IBM System/36 5362 last night. It
is in pretty good
physical condition with just a few minor scratches - other than needing
a thorough cleaning. It has 2 60 MB hard disks in the unit. Not sure
of the RAM capacity. Missing the the mode hard key.
A few of us tried to get it running tonight. It came with a 3179
twin-ax terminal but no keyboard. We connected the terminal via a
twinax cable direct from port 0 to the terminated Y adapter on the
terminal. Never got any output on the terminal at any time other than
the fairly empty status line. The S/36 front panel console light did
illuminate after we connected the terminal. The key was locked to
Normal but we were able to by-pass it with a jumper to get it into
Service mode. The media that came with it only had disk 1 of an SSP
release and we could not get that to IPL from floppy (mode 3 / panel
1000). It stepped the head motor forward and back a couple times,
engaged the head, then immediately threw an error code.
Any idea where I can get an SSP release for the S/36 5362 and how to
write it to 8" floppies? Also where I might find a keyboard for the
terminal and what can be done if anything to gauge the health of the
hard drives?
-Alan H.