1 Sep
2008
1 Sep
'08
3:36 p.m.
I have a 5363 that I'm not going to do anything with for awhile. I'm
not going to pitch it or anything like that, I just wondered if someone
wanted to do something more productive than holding up monitors with
it. No money, you just have to come here (Peoria, IL) and get it. or
bribe me enough to ship it. I have two after-market terminals for it,
at least one of which works - They're 525something-compatible
(multisession? I don't remember) twinax devices that provide a system
printer via a parallel port, but you have to supply the printer because
I don't want to give mine up. The machine worked the last time I
powered it on, which was about a year ago. If anyone is interested, I
will try to IPL it before you come here to make sure it still works. I
have manuals for it as well, but I would have to dig those out, so I
don't know which ones I have. As for software, this one has a
(synchronous?) serial controller and was a (SNA?) network node, so it
has the software for those, and I think it has BASIC. It ran someone's
business at some point before I got it, I think it was a landscaping
supply business.
The display panel on the front got cosmetically damaged by one of our
students when I had it at work - A gash was cut into the plastic under
the numbers. It works fine though. I don't have the key, but the key
switch is in the normal position. I may or may not have rewired normal
to be "service", I can't remember. Whatever position it's in, you're
allowed to IPL.
Again, it's not getting pitched or anything, it's just that I'm not
going to do anything with it for awhile, if ever. It's kinda wasteful
to just have it sitting there.
For those who don't know, a 5363 is a large-ish tower case with EDSI
disks and twinax peripherals. It's somewhat large and heavy, so
shipping it wouldn't be cheap. It can be transported in an average car
and carried by one reasonably strong person or two average people. It
runs on normal wall power.