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4 Mar
4 Mar
5:34 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Seth J. Morabito wrote:
I've spotted an ALTOS computer at WeirdStuff
today. At first I thought
it was a disk drive only, but it appears to be the whole computer.
I remember seeing lots and lots of ALTOS ads and info
in my old BYTE
collection (sadly, 3000 miles away from me right now), so I'm guessing
it's not all that rare of a beast. The front is black and says only
"ALTOS", and the case is metal with a faux wood-grain. (mmmm, how 70's!)
I've got two. But I'd say they are at least uncommon.
It looks like your standard desktop
late-70's-early-80's vintage S100 type
computer, about IMSAI-sized. Should I pick it up? It's $12.50, seems
like a rip-off to me :) Although it does have two manuals (!) with it.
A rare find in themselves, probably.
Good price. Grab it.
Although I do have an IMSAI 8080 in Connecticut
(argh... again, 3000
miles away :) my experience with S100 is very, very slim. I'm a bid
DEC fan kinda-guy, so I'll need all the help I can get :)
I don't think the Altos has an S-100 bus. In fact I'm almost sure of it.
Ask them if its ok for you to open it up and check before you buy it. At
any rate, at $12.50 its definitely a good deal.
Sounds like WeirdStuff is back in the game. They stopped putting really
good stuff up for sale for a period of time there. I was talking to
someone at Sunday's ham fest about WS and they said that they now have a
back room where they sell everything as-is. I'll have to start checking
them out. BTW, is that Symbolics LISP machine still there or is it long
gone?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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11:21 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Seth J. Morabito wrote:
Howdy folks,
I've spotted an ALTOS computer at WeirdStuff today. At first I thought
it was a disk drive only, but it appears to be the whole computer.
Could someone help me identify it? I think I'll swing by and buy it
tomorrow to make sure it doesn't disappear, but right now I'm working
from memory.
I remember seeing lots and lots of ALTOS ads and info in my old BYTE
collection (sadly, 3000 miles away from me right now), so I'm guessing
it's not all that rare of a beast. The front is black and says only
"ALTOS", and the case is metal with a faux wood-grain. (mmmm, how 70's!)
There is one 8" floppy drive on the left-hand side of the box, one push
button (reset?), and one flat-toggle switch (Must be power). That's
it.
It looks like your standard desktop late-70's-early-80's vintage S100 type
computer, about IMSAI-sized. Should I pick it up? It's $12.50, seems
like a rip-off to me :) Although it does have two manuals (!) with it.
A rare find in themselves, probably.
The ALTOS is not an S-100 machine. But, more nearly a single board
computer. I would assume that the one you describe is an 8000-? version
from your description. They are Z-80 based and usually
ran MP/M.
- don
Although I do have an IMSAI 8080 in Connecticut
(argh... again, 3000
miles away :) my experience with S100 is very, very slim. I'm a bid
DEC fan kinda-guy, so I'll need all the help I can get :)
-Seth
-Seth
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