Editing IBM Beam Spring Keyboards (section)

==3036==

<gallery widths="250" heights="180" caption="IBM 3036 Processor Complex Dual Console">
File:3030 series processor complex.jpg|IBM 3036 Processor Complex Console. A UNIVAC mainframe and multiple terminals can be seen in the background.
File:3030 series process or complex reverse.jpg|Reverse image of the same 3036 Processor Complex Console
File:3032processorcomplex.jpg|IBM 3036 Processor Complex Console from another angle
</gallery>The IBM 3036 Processor Complex Console was an interface hub that was used to input and access data on the 3031, 3032 and 3033 processor models of the 3030 Processor Complex. The 3036 console, as well as the rest of the Processor Complex line, used the System/370 architecture and were sold as high end mainframes intended to be replacements for older System/370 models. The 3036 console was launched on March 25, 1977 as a standard option for the 3033 processor. Nicknamed "The Big One", the 3033 processor was the most powerful computer that IBM had to offer at the time. On Oct. 7, 1977, the identical looking 3031 and 3032 models were launched as cheaper, but slower, alternatives to the 3033, both also coming with 3036 consoles as a standard option. The 3036 console itself had two display stations that could work in parallel to allow for multiple program jobs to be executed at once, taking advantage of the instruction pipelining offered by the 303X processors. The two display stations featured a 66 key keyboard that is reminiscent of the 3277 66 key keyboard, however, the keyboards for the 3036 were painted black and have an extremely long base, as is shown above. It also appears that they may have had specialized legends, but no documentation of the legends or pictures close enough to read them are currently available. There are also currently no documentated remaining examples of the 3036. As such, it's unknown whether the keyboards or display stations were detachable or adjustable in any capacity, however, they appear to be fixed to the workstation table.