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I got nerd sniped into helping reverse engineer this card. it's a rare beast -- the interface card for an IBM 5364. this midrange System/36 minicomputer was paired with a PC for bootstrapping and control. the interface between the two is a 62-pin cable and a special card that goes in the PC. these often get separated and lost.
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