Re: Equipment info--IBM stuff

["James W. Kilgore" <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kathleen,

The 5363 is the last model of the S/36 and runs SSP.  This is the OS
that the AS/400 emulates in "S/36 mode".

They are good for some straight forward green screen apps, depending on
what is on the box, you may find IDDU (The S/36 version of externally
defined files) and possibly Query/36 and (shudder) Display Write/36 and
PC Support.

AFAIK, it can be part of a token ring network and if 315mb seems like a
lot of disk space it can hold four of them and 2mb of memory supporting
about a dozen users.

It is the box that IBM can't kill.  BTW, it's probably old enough to get
a drivers license <g>

J. Kilgore



"Rick, Kathleen" wrote:
> 
> HELP
> 
> IBM model 5363 III
> This is a midrange IBM machine.
> What is the operating system?
> What are they good for?
> My church has had 2 of these towers and several older IBM model 50 PC's
> donated to them.
> Could you ask around and find out for me?
>
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