It is mentioned on IBM's site:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_9.html
It talks to CICS:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v2r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ib
m.cics.ts23.doc/dfha4/dfha47e.htm
They were made in Italy in 1983:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/italy/italy_ch3.html
and in Boca Raton:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV8004.html
It is also mentioned here as having been introduced in 1981:
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/1970-1984.pdf
Flickr photo here from VCF:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/2282600489/
Old commercial:
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/17275/
Advertisement:
http://books.google.com/books?id=aWxr0DFnO5gC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&…
datamaster&source=bl&ots=QF3pu63OnI&sig=Vm75Apq8RaAUdfrCAdgQYhbGIfs&hl=sv&ei
=Wtk-TLOMFseHOIum9bcH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEUQ6AEwCD
gK#v=onepage&q=%2Bibm%20%2Bdatamaster&f=false
Other paper:
http://www.angelfire.com/ms/cis/CIS29.System23.01.html
Article from BYTE by one of the designers:
http://www.krsaborio.net/ibm/research/1990/09.htm
Reminiscences from another person involved in the project:
http://www.chessin.com/paul/aftermath.html
From InfoWorld 1981:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Mj0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&…
datamaster&source=bl&ots=eOE4r_uCBs&sig=wdPGLs30043Rbs-6RtCAip8ZEVg&hl=sv&ei
=I9s-TP-sJoOeOOa8ra8H&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBkQ6AEwAT
go#v=onepage&q=%2Bibm%20%2Bdatamaster&f=false
Not very helpful if you want to get it running I am afraid, but at least
some background info.
/Jonas
Not even on wiki's or classic computer directories
that I could find
talking about the Datamaster system. Usually they just say that an all
in one predecessor of the PC called the Datamaster or System/23 was
released months before the PC release date. I can't even find pictures
of the 5324 unit, which is what I have. Just wish I could get this
thing
to boot. I think I may have corroded connections or something.