26 Mar
2000
26 Mar
'00
9:22 a.m.
This pair of boxes is nominally the same size, somewhat narrower than
"rack-width" and about 7" tall. They're plastic boxes with a beige
(could
be influenced by many years' cigarrette smoke) exterior and black (probably
... I haven't looked closely at them for some time.) front.
They're quite weighty. By that I mean absolutely too heavy to ship across
the planet.
regards,
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Pachla <peter.pachla(a)wintermute.org.uk>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Altos machines
Hi Dick,
box
I have an ALTOS model 586, non-functioning with a
DC600 or
some similar size tape cartridge drive. Do you knonw anyting
about that thing?
Sorry, but no.
All I recall of Altos was that they made a fair few Z80 based machines in
the early '80s and that i386 based Xenix box we had at work.
....It appears to be a multiuser/server unit of
some sort, as
it supports a number of serial ports. I bought this thing
about a year ago because one of the folks on this list asked
me to He later changed his mind and the thrift store where I
got it wouldn't even take it back because it was not PC or MAC
gear.
Sounds interesting, it's a shame you're the other side of the planet....
What does it look like? I've just recalled that I did once see an Altos at a radio rally (my then girlfriend made me leave it)
which was similar
in
size to a PC tower case. The thing was a HORRIBLE
shade of brown, I think
had both a floppy and a tape drive, and had seperate "busy" indicators for
each of the internal hard drives.
TTFN - Pete.
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DEC)
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