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System/34

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Did I Have To Program?

Not really. You could create a short sequence of file and input specifications and store them as a source member. A component called Data File Utility could then be used to generate on-screen displays you could use to create and edit files and print reports. It was not quite the equal of say, Access 2002, but in twenty minutes flat you could design a file and a report, and that's not bad. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401

Was just a stripped-down AS/400. The operating system was OS/400. This machine was offered c.1991 to target customers who had a S/36 and wanted to stay with IBM hardware, but didn't want a massive investment in an AS/400. In this regard, the AS/Entry was a failure because it was too expensive and not enough S/36-like. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - IBM Colors

Before 1984, the 5251 monitor predominated - it was US$2,000 and what IBM called "dual color" (green and bright green). However, by 1984, the IBM 3180 terminal helped usher in the grand new age of IBM Color - seven colors (pink, red, blue, yellow, green, white, and turquoise.) By 1984, the price of the 3180 terminals was under US$2,000, though there was a fancy graphics-capable terminal tha ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Programming IBM Colors

Interestingly, programming colors did not require a new screen programming language, because the implementation was completely at the hardware level. A protocol called the IBM 5250 Data Stream interpreted field attributes such as blinking, non-display, high intensity, reverse image, underline, and column separators and was used in combination to create colors. Normal text was presented as green on a 3180 color terminal, but high intensity became white. Column separators became yellow. Blinking became red. Underlined text was presented as blue. High intensity blinking became pink ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - The Five Lights

On a 5251 type terminal (aka "Concrete Block",) there were five lights to watch for: (1) System Available light. If lit, this terminal is connected to the S/36 and is receiving information from it. (2) Message Waiting light. Other users, and the system itself, can send messages to workstations. If lit, there is at least 1 message that has not seen yet. When a program ends or when the user signs on, the message(s) will be shown. (3) Insert. The Insert key has been pressed. Characters after the cursor will shift right when text is ke ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors

Are words used interchangeably to describe the same thing. An operator sat in front of a device that vaguely resembles today's PC, except the monitor was small, expensive (US$2,000), low-resolution (24x80) and the available colors were green and bright green, or for the fancier, the seven-color IBM Color Monitors. By the 1990s, third-party companies made terminals for the so-called 5250 marketplace. Prices plummeted and new features appeared - for example, Decision Data terminals allowed operators to choose the seven colors from a 64-color palette; there was an optional time ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Acronyms

Note that these acronyms are common IBM terminology and are also used on the successor AS/400s, on IBM mainframes, and on many other IBM mainframe and midrange systems. System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load. Starting or restarting the system. This acronym was pronounced eye-pee-ell and was used as a verb ("IPL the system") with past tense ("then we IPLed") and present tense ("while we were IPLing") and so forth - as well as a noun ("after the next IPL.") System/36 ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Program Sizes

Since the S/36 ran "8-bit" programs, the largest program that could be compiled and run was 64K. Most were not nearly that large. Since memory addresses were stored in 8 bits, a 64K program was often a giant monster RPG screen program with 3,000 lines of code, five or six files, and forty-odd array/table entries. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - RPG programming language - History

RPG is one of the few languages created for punch card machines that is still in common use today. This is because the language has evolved considerably over time. It was originally developed by IBM in the 1960s and ran on the popular IBM 1401. Originally, RPG was an acronym for Report Program Generator, descriptive of the purpose of the language: generation of reports from data files, including matching record and sub-total reports. The alternative languages generally available at the time were either COBOL or BASIC: one verbose, the other a poor tool for dev ...

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RPG programming language, RPG programming language - Overview, RPG programming language - History, RPG programming language - Example code, RPG programming language - Platforms

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Red lights

The five red lights on the System/36 were as follows: (1) Power check. (2) Processor check. (3) Program check. (4) Console check. (5) Temperature check. If any light other than #4 ever came on, the system must be IPLed. Console can be restored if it has been powered off, but the other conditions are unrecoverable. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Dipswitches

Early 1980s-era printers and workstations had a series of binary switches known as "dipswitches" for configuration. The binary OFF settings, zero ("0") and one ("1") were used to switch back and forth internally. Let's say, for example, U.S. English and U.K. English, where the British use the pound sterling ("£") and the Americans use the dollar ("$"). A switch could be setup on printers and monitors where in the zero position the British value would display or print. In the one position the American value would display or print. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements

The System/36 5360 System Unit vaguely resembled a huge washer-dryer in appearance, but unlike its predecessor, it ran on 220 volts AC. At 700 pounds (318kg) this was still not quite a Pocket PC. Conventional wisdom called for the system to be kept in its own air-conditioned room. Conventional wisdom was, actually, very wise about this, since the system cost around US$100,000. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - System Security

There are four types of System/36 security: (1) the badge reader that almost nobody ever bought, so it isn't discussed here; (2) password security; (3) resource security; and (4) menu security. Password security was used to begin a session at a computer terminal. Unless security was inactive, a correct password must be entered to begin. The System/36 sign on looked like this: SIGN ON W1 User ID......... ________ Password........ ____ Menu (Optional). ______ Library......... ________ ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Disk Space Metrics

Disk space on the System/36 was organized by "blocks." One block = 2560 bytes. A high-end 5360 system would ship with about 550,000 blocks of disk space available. System objects could be allocated in blocks or records, but internally it was always blocks. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders

SSP provides for two different data objects called files and libraries. Files contain records, most always with a fixed record length. Libraries contain programs which can reference and access these files. SSP contained more than 80 different commands that allowed operators to create, delete, copy, edit/change, and secure files and libraries. Early in the System/36 development cycle, this was seriously improved to incorporate the folder object, which can have tremendous size ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Setting the Address

Up to 60+ local devices could be configured on a System/36, using eight lines numbered from 0 to 7. A line was defined as a series of twinaxial cables attached to devices with IN and OUT ports. Eight devices could be configured per line; these were numbered 0 through 7. Three binary switches on every device were used for the terminal's address (the physical designation of a particular terminal on a particular line.) Sometimes, the switches were numbered 1, 2, and 4. In o ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System

SSP ("System Support Program") was the only operating system of the S/36. It contained support for multiprogramming, multiple processors, 80 devices, job queues, printer queues, security, indexed file support, and fully installed, it was about 10MB. ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP

The CNFIGSSP procedure was used to configure the system, including the devices. Each device is assigned a two-character ID. The first letter must be alphabetic; the second must be alphameric. The system also reserved certain IDs; you could not call your device I1 or F1, for example. I1 is the name of the diskette drive; F1 is what the system calls the hard drive (stands for "fixed disk," since it's not a removable disk pack.) Use CNFIGSSP to place your devices on the line/address map; identify the particular IBM printer or terminal model; assign characteristics such as console, alternate co ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Processors

S/36s had two eight-bit processors, the CSP or Control Storage Processor, and the MSP or Main Storage Processor. The MSP was the workhorse; it performed the instructions in the computer programs. The CSP was the governor; it performed system functions in the background. Special utility programs were able to make direct calls to the CSP to perform certain functions; these are usually system programs like $CNFIG which was used to configure the computer system. These two processors worked in tandem, and ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Printers

A great computer system wouldn't be complete without great printers. Typical System/36 offerings would include: IBM 5219 - A daisywheel impact printer not far removed from the IBM typewriters. It was good for about 40 characters per second (CPS). IBM 3262/5262 - A band printer rated at somewhere around 650 lines per minute (LPM). IBM 4234 - A dot-matrix printer rated at 410/800 LPM. IBM 5224 - A dot-matrix printer rated at 100/240 LPM. IBM 5225 - A do ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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System/34: Encyclopedia II - System/36 - Memory and Disk

The smallest S/36 had 128K of RAM and a 30 MB hard drive. (That's 128 kilobytes... less than some modern calculators. And the mammoth 12-inch hard drive spindle could be replaced by the storage capacity of a JumpDrive.) The largest configured S/36 could support 7MB of RAM and 1478MB of disk space. This cost over US$200,000 back in the early 1980s. S/36 hard drives contained a feature called "the extra cylinder," so that bad spots on the drive were detected and dynamically mapped out to good spots on the extra cylinder. It is th ...

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System/36, System/36 - Overview of the IBM System/36, System/36 - Physical Appearance And Requirements, System/36 - Red lights, System/36 - Acronyms, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - PTF - Program Temporary Fix, System/36 - SSP - System Support Product, System/36 - F1 I1 S1-S3 and M1.01 - M2.10, System/36 - EBCDIC, System/36 - SDA - Screen Design Aid, System/36 - SORT - The system sort utility, System/36 - SEU - Source Entry Utility, System/36 - WSU - Work Station Utility, System/36 - IPL - Initial Program Load, System/36 - Terminals Displays Screens Workstations and Monitors, System/36 - IBM Colors, System/36 - Programming IBM Colors, System/36 - The Five Lights, System/36 - Keyboards, System/36 - Configuring your devices, System/36 - Dipswitches, System/36 - Online Setup, System/36 - Setting the Address, System/36 - Configuring Using CNFIGSSP, System/36 - Processors, System/36 - Memory and Disk, System/36 - Printers, System/36 - SSP The System/36 Operating System, System/36 - System Security, System/36 - Files Libraries and Folders, System/36 - Disk Space Metrics, System/36 - Program Sizes, System/36 - Caching, System/36 - SPOOLING, System/36 - The Need For Spooling, System/36 - How Spooling Works, System/36 - When You Can't Spool, System/36 - Forms Numbers, System/36 - ALIGNMENT, System/36 - More Crazy Acronyms - MRTs SRTs NRTs NEPs and NOPs, System/36 - Language Compilers, System/36 - Other Object Types, System/36 - Did I Have To Program?, System/36 - Popular System/36 Applications, System/36 - System/36 Magazines, System/36 - System/36 Model 5362, System/36 - System/36 Model 5363, System/36 - System/36 Model 5364, System/36 - The AS/Entry 9401, System/36 - System/36 Compatibility Mode, System/36 - The Advanced 36 9236/9436, System/36 - Migrating to the Advanced 36, System/36 - Migrating to the AS/400 iSeries, System/36 - Other Choices

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