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Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Sat Sep 3 20:09:23 CDT 2005


Scott Quinn wrote:
> Don't know much about these things, but Jerry has one in Kent. I know 
> that they take SSP O/S and 3270? Twinax terminals, but I'm fishing for 
> more information. Is this like the AS/400, where if it doesn't come with 
> an OS and firmware disk it's toast, or is it a bit more forgiving? What 
> sort of drives does it take? (ST-506, ESDI, proprietary?) Is it 220v 
> only? any other weirdness? (Full disclosure- my only experience with 
> "real IBMs" is the RS/6000)
> 
> Scott
> 
> 

If it's twinax, it should be 5250.  3270's are coax, AFAIK.

Peace...  Sridhar


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