IBM s/36 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

24 Nov 1997

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  I=B4m afraid this computer is off-topic (dated 1988).
Sorry.=20 
Never mind.  There were system/36 machines around in 1985 and even 
earlier...

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  An IBM 5363-I has recently been given to me, but I
don=B4t know anything 
 at all about its internal architecture or capabilities. I only own the 
 Central Unit; no cables, no floppies, no tapes, no manuals, no 
 terminals. 
I don't know the system/36 awfully well - I worked more on system/34s - 
how big is this physically?  The 5362 was desk-side, the 5364 desktop 
(the same box as the PC/AT), but I don't know the 5363 (probably after 
my time if it's 1988).

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  * It has two 15-pin sub-d connectors in one expansion
card. They seem to 
 be for attaching two serial terminals (syncronous? type 5250?) 
Dunno.  Probably not 5250 - these hang in chains (pun intended) off the 
twinax ports.

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  * In another expansion board it has a 9-pin sub-d
connector. 
 * There are too four twin-axial connectors. 
Four?  Quite a sizeable system, then.

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  Can anybody help me on this subject?

 Thanks in advance. 
Just my tuppence worth!  I'd guess you've got a fairly powerful (by 
1980s standards) machine.

Philip.