Editing IBM System/36 (section)

====System/36 Model 5362====
IBM introduced the 5362 or "Compact 36" in 1984<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url=http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/rochester/rochester_chronology4.html |title=IBM Archives: Rochester chronology – page 4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327175507/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/rochester/rochester_chronology4.html |archive-date=2008-03-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as a system targeted at the lower end of their market.  It had a deskside tower form factor. It was designed to operate in a normal office environment, requiring little special consideration.  It differed from the 5360 in by having a more limited card cage, capable of fewer peripherals. It used 14" fixed disks (30 or 60 MB) and could support up to two; main storage ranged from 128 KB to 512 KB.<ref name=autogenerated1 />  One 8" floppy diskette drive was built in. The 5362 also allowed the use of a channel attached external desktop 9332-200, 400, & 600 DASD, effectively allowing a maximum of 720MB.

The 5362 weighed 150 pounds (68 kg) and cost $20,000.[[File:IBM System 36.JPG|thumb|280px|IBM 5364 System Unit]]