13 Oct
2007
13 Oct
'07
4:56 p.m.
Well it's great to hear of another person who owns
one. Why is it the least liked? The design?
The hardware is pretty nice, and you can understand the whole machine
if you get the maintenance prints. Most of the midrange IBMs up to the
S/36 seem to always include them.
The problem is software. There just is not a lot of cool stuff for the
S/36. Databases. More databases.
A smaller S/390 is a much better toy to play with. They are not too
hard to find. Or, as someone else mentioned, get a VAX. Oodles of fun
there.
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Will