________________________________ From: Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com>wrote: I found more hits in comp.sys.ibm.sys3x which suggest to me that the IBM 5324 is simply a storage peripheral, that is a dual 8-inch floppy drive subsystem (perhaps including the controller onboard, hence the size of the case). C: All fine and good, but the System 23/Datamaster already has 2x 8" drives (that never shut off incidentally). Why would it need 2 more? I guess that's the way some people worked. The former Canon rep who gave me my Color Canon As-100 said he used to daisy chain vast arrays of 8" drives. Whatever works for ya, that's what I always say.

________________________________ From: Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com> I was trying to interpret this comment found in the newsgroup: "I have four IBM System/23 computer systems ( 1 5322 and 3 Diskless 5324s) along with one 5247 disk unit and one 5246 diskette unit for sale or trade." https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.ibm.sys3x.misc/yvp5T1V2fNk/5POeETp… C: Aye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP8FNGEBBeE

On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Nigel Williams wrote: I am far from knowledgable on IBM equipment (too weird for me), but this unit comes with a matching keyboard and monitor - so unless it is a storage peripheral with a terminal built in, I'm not sure that tracks. But I will bow to those of greater wisdom. I'm almost certain it was someone on this list that tied it to the S/34 - I remember only because I have a full-size S/34 and went "That's funny" to myself. Of course, the poster may have been mistaken and it is, as later suggested a /23. I took a closer look at this the other day and it's a bit... gunky. I'm not sure where it was previously, and I'm confident it hasn't deteriorated in my keep, but I don't think it was kept well. I've also been told I can give away a second one (a friend of mine got its twin when I picked up this one), so there's now two on the pile. - JP