You can check it out in the video below. The internals were based somewhat on the IBM System/360’s technology. Interestingly, it used a touch-sensitive keypad instead of a traditional keyboard.

A minicomputer from IBM. Introduced in 1983, earlier System/34 applications had to be recompiled to run in the System/36. The typical system supported from a handful to a couple dozen terminals.

IBM’s president at the time, Tom Watson, Jr., killed off other IBM computer lines and put the company’s full force behind the System/360. IBM’s revenue swelled to $8.3 billion by 1971, up ...

Time progressed and IBM moved on to the System/3x (for example, the System/32). Next up was the AS/400 and finally the IBM i, which is still in production.

IBM’s president at the time, Tom Watson, Jr., killed off other IBM computer lines and put the company’s full force behind the System/360. IBM’s revenue swelled to $8.3 billion by 1971, up ...

In the System/36’s case, IBM’s own Application System/400 line was the newer model and could support newer software. By the end of 1992, according to IBM, the company had shipped 200,000 AS/400 ...

IBM, IBM System / 360 Installation Manual - Physical Planning. E. W. Pugh, L. R. Johnson and J. H. Palmer, IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991. Location Currently not on view ...