13 Oct
2007
13 Oct
'07
3:27 p.m.
I have been
looking at this poor machine for almost two years now and I'm furious that there is no
way for me to rescue it.
Big S/36s are not all that rare. Look, and you will find one on the
West Coast. Do not delay, as I can see them mostly drying up in a few
years.
Only one other person openly admits they own one:
that guy who runs the corestore, and he never responds to my emails.
I will admit to having one, but I am not overly proud of it. I think I
can honestly say it is the least liked machine in my collection.
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Will 
13 Oct
13 Oct
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
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