New to System/36

[Yvan Janssens]

You will need the keyboard. Those terminals usually don't come up without
it. Good news tho if the keyboard has been nicked, the protocol is
compatible-ish with PS/2. I have successfully used $generic_ps2_keyboard
with the right plug for it. Make sure to not hit the Windows key (or any
other 'new' keys) - you'll lock up the terminal's firmware.

You will also have to configure the terminal to use address 0 - Twinax
busses have an address range of 0-7 and you need bus 0, address 0 for the
console.

Generally speaking, bringing up the system is similar to bringing up early
AS/400s.

/y

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 at 19:59, alan--- via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> Just picked up an IBM System/36 5362 last night.  It is in pretty good
> physical condition with just a few minor scratches - other than needing
> a thorough cleaning.  It has 2 60 MB hard disks in the unit.  Not sure
> of the RAM capacity.  Missing the the mode hard key.
>
> A few of us tried to get it running tonight.  It came with a 3179
> twin-ax terminal but no keyboard.  We connected the terminal via a
> twinax cable direct from port 0 to the terminated Y adapter on the
> terminal.  Never got any output on the terminal at any time other than
> the fairly empty status line.  The S/36 front panel console light did
> illuminate after we connected the terminal.  The key was locked to
> Normal but we were able to by-pass it with a jumper to get it into
> Service mode.  The media that came with it only had disk 1 of an SSP
> release and we could not get that to IPL from floppy (mode 3 / panel
> 1000).  It stepped the head motor forward and back a couple times,
> engaged the head, then immediately threw an error code.
>
> Any idea where I can get an SSP release for the S/36 5362 and how to
> write it to 8" floppies?  Also where I might find a keyboard for the
> terminal and what can be done if anything to gauge the health of the
> hard drives?
>
> -Alan H.
>