<s>
The	O
Advanced/36	B-Device
was	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
midrange	I-Device
computer	I-Device
based	O
on	O
an	O
adapted	O
IBM	B-Device
AS/400	I-Device
hardware	O
and	O
System/36	B-Device
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Advanced/36	B-Device
is	O
physically	O
smaller	O
than	O
other	O
S/36	B-Device
offerings	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
more	O
advanced	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Advanced/36	B-Device
Machine	O
support	O
in	O
OS/400	B-Application
was	O
removed	O
in	O
V4R5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
maximum	O
configuration	O
of	O
an	O
Advanced/36	B-Device
is	O
4.19	O
Gb	O
of	O
disk	O
storage	O
,	O
256	O
Mb	O
of	O
memory	O
,	O
one	O
tape	O
drive	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
single	O
8	O
"	O
(	O
or	O
5.25	O
"	O
)	O
diskette	O
drive	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
communication	O
adapter	O
for	O
modems	O
(	O
like	O
BSCA/SLDC	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
twinax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Machines	O
sold	O
in	O
1994	O
contained	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
System	B-Operating_System
Support	I-Operating_System
Program	I-Operating_System
(	O
SSP	O
)	O
operating	O
system	O
designated	O
"	O
7.1	O
"	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
9402-236	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
436	O
model	O
could	O
also	O
run	O
OS/400	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSP	O
for	O
the	O
Advanced/36	B-Device
supported	O
the	O
same	O
programming	O
languages	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
S/36	B-Device
systems	O
,	O
namely	O
RPG	B-Language
II	I-Language
,	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
,	O
System/36	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Assembler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Advanced/36	B-Device
also	O
included	O
the	O
Programmer	B-Application
and	I-Application
Operator	I-Application
Productivity	I-Application
Aid	I-Application
utility	O
as	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
A/36	O
and	O
earlier	O
S/36s	B-Device
is	O
the	O
9402	O
Tape	O
Drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
9402	O
uses	O
Quarter-inch	B-Device
cartridges	I-Device
which	O
can	O
store	O
up	O
to	O
2.5	O
Gb	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
9402	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
60MB	O
tapes	O
from	O
the	O
older	O
S/36	B-Device
6157	O
tape	O
drive	O
,	O
but	O
cannot	O
write	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A/36	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
PTF	B-Application
installation	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PTF	B-Application
CDs	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
applied	O
if	O
the	O
operator	O
follows	O
a	O
bypass	O
procedure	O
to	O
switch	O
device	O
codes	O
with	O
the	O
tape	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
intended	O
to	O
allow	O
migration	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
older	O
S/36	B-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
