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  • Auction: IBM 69X6292 - IBM - 36/38 EMULATION/A ADAPTER( 59X3351) MICROC

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 6 13:01:05 2021
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144181014150

    As if I knew what this does.

    Could someone give me a hint about this?

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Mon Sep 6 13:28:27 2021
    On 9/6/21 12:01 PM, Louis Ohland wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144181014150

    As if I knew what this does.

    I don't know either.

    Could someone give me a hint about this?

    One of two things comes to mind:

    1) It's an adapter to communicate with -- what I'm assuming to be -- a System/36 or a System/38.
    2) A CPU emulator for a System/36 / System/38 in the spirit of the
    S/370 / S/390(-E) CPU / emulator boards.

    I'd bet on #1 by looking at the picture. But the adapter makes me think
    #2. Unless it's terminal emulation which would be in line with #1.



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  • From IBMMuseum@21:1/5 to Grant Taylor on Mon Sep 6 13:00:35 2021
    On Monday, September 6, 2021 at 1:28:25 PM UTC-6, Grant Taylor wrote:
    On 9/6/21 12:01 PM, Louis Ohland wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144181014150

    As if I knew what this does.
    I don't know either.
    Could someone give me a hint about this?
    One of two things comes to mind:

    1) It's an adapter to communicate with -- what I'm assuming to be -- a System/36 or a System/38.
    2) A CPU emulator for a System/36 / System/38 in the spirit of the
    S/370 / S/390(-E) CPU / emulator boards.

    I'd bet on #1 by looking at the picture. But the adapter makes me think
    #2. Unless it's terminal emulation which would be in line with #1.



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    Grant. . . .
    unix || die

    It's a 5250 emulation adapter - The long version is multi-session (you could display all four in a quadrant or switch between sessions with hotkeys - it also works with the System/34 and AS/400). I've got one tucked away here somewhere that is NIB bought
    a couple of decades ago - along with the short microchannel version (it's almost just a single silver chip on the adapter) that is the conventional single session.

    There's an auction of the proprietary twin-ax expansion adapters for the 5494 units too...

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