Peoria, IL - Anyone interested in a S/36? (5363, the smaller one)

[Daniel Seagraves]

One other person asked the dimensions but never said anything beyond 
that.
It's about 14" wide, 25" tall, and 27" long. The terminals are about 
the size of a normal CRT monitor.
It weighs a fair amount.

On Sep 4, 2008, at 2:23 PM, Bob Brown wrote:

> Is this still available?
> What are the dimensions? (to see if it might fit in the back of a
> minivan...which would also be holding 6 people)?
> thanks.
> -Bob
>
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> Subject: Peoria, IL - Anyone interested in a S/36? (5363, the smaller
> one)
>
> I have a 5363 that I'm not going to do anything with for awhile. I'm 
> not
> going to pitch it or anything like that, I just wondered if someone
> wanted to do something more productive than holding up monitors with 
> it.
> No money, you just have to come here (Peoria, IL) and get it. or bribe
> me enough to ship it. I have two after-market terminals for it, at 
> least
> one of which works - They're 525something-compatible (multisession? I
> don't remember) twinax devices that provide a system printer via a
> parallel port, but you have to supply the printer because I don't want
> to give mine up. The machine worked the last time I powered it on, 
> which
> was about a year ago. If anyone is interested, I will try to IPL it
> before you come here to make sure it still works. I have manuals for it
> as well, but I would have to dig those out, so I don't know which ones 
> I
> have. As for software, this one has a
> (synchronous?) serial controller and was a (SNA?) network node, so it
> has the software for those, and I think it has BASIC. It ran someone's
> business at some point before I got it, I think it was a landscaping
> supply business.
>
> The display panel on the front got cosmetically damaged by one of our
> students when I had it at work - A gash was cut into the plastic under
> the numbers. It works fine though. I don't have the key, but the key
> switch is in the normal position. I may or may not have rewired normal
> to be "service", I can't remember. Whatever position it's in, you're
> allowed to IPL.
>
> Again, it's not getting pitched or anything, it's just that I'm not
> going to do anything with it for awhile, if ever. It's kinda wasteful 
> to
> just have it sitting there.
>
> For those who don't know, a 5363 is a large-ish tower case with EDSI
> disks and twinax peripherals. It's somewhat large and heavy, so 
> shipping
> it wouldn't be cheap. It can be transported in an average car and
> carried by one reasonably strong person or two average people. It runs
> on normal wall power.
>