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 <[email protected]> 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. >
