Ibm 5288 - IBM 5280 Technical Newsletter

Page of SY31-0600-1
As updated April 15, 1981
By TN L SN20-9588
IBM
5288
The IBM 5288 is a floor-standing programmable control
unit. It does not include a keyboard or a display assembly.
The IBM 5288 has one diskette drive. Up to 'three addi-
tional diskette drives can be added.
Configuration
• Can have a maximum of four keyboards attached (for
example, two IBM 5281s and one IBM 5282).
• Can have' a maximum of eight diskette drives, six of
which can be in the auxiliary data stations.
• Can have a maximum of eight printers. There can be a
maximum of four start-stop printers (I BM 5222) (one
per port). Start-Stop printers and twinaxial printers
(IBM 5224,5225, and 5256) can be installed on the same
system (maximum of 7 twinaxial printers per port).
• Printer speed -may be affected by the customer's programs,
application load, forms design, and/or the number of
printers attached to'the system.
• Can have one key lock.
• Can have a maximum of four magnetic stripe readers.
• Can have one feature main MPU.
• Can have one elapsed time counter.
• Can have one communications line.
• Can have one 3270 emulation feature if communications
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Specifications
• Display sizes are 480, 960, or 1920 characters. All
displays in the system must be the same size.
• If the communications line is installed, the minimum
display size is 960 characters.
• If the 3270 emulation feature is installed, the minimum
display size is 1920 characters.
• Storage sizes available are 32K, 64K, 96K, 128K, 160K,
224K, or 288K bytes.
• If the 3270 emulation feature is installed, the minimum
storage size is 96K bytes.
• Keyboards available are data entry, data entry with proc
arrangement, or typewriter.
• Diskette drives available are the 31SD and the 51TD.