The Jim Austin Computer Collection

        

IBM PC 500 System/390

This machine is a small version of the System/390 mainframe. It was donated by Gillian Arnold of IBM UK in 2007. Its a IBM PC system with an expansion card that allows it to run System/390 code.

The system consists of:  

IBM PC server 500 System/390 processor. Part number 23W5527 – 66RA737

Dated 1995, cost £9041.50.

DDS2 tape.

Floppy drive.

6 x 2Gb disks.

32 Mb RAM

Cards:

Processor cards: FRU 06H3739 (Pentium 90 co-processor) and FRU 17H5372 (P/390 Microprocessor Complex)

Raid card: FRU 06H3059 (SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A)

Network card: FRU 60G1595 (IBM 16/4 NETWORK ADAPTOR)

Screen: 6540-02N G42 Nov 1998.

Network switch box: 8226-01

Spare PSU A19250

Hot swap interface card 70G9740

Spare disk FRU 76H0958 (2.25Gb)

Two keyboards.

Information on the system can be found at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg244679.pdf