Altos 8600 boot disk

From: Edwin P. Groot <epgroot_at_ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue Dec 12 16:58:57 2000

    Thanks for pitching in for me Doug! I am the someone looking for an 8"
boot disk. Here some details:
The manual says the OS's written for it are: Xenix, Oasis-16, CP/M-86, and
MP/M-86. The drive is SS/DD, but the boot track needs to be SD because the
boot loader can handle only SD. I am also looking for its diagnostics disk
called ADX. The system is designed like a file-server.
     The machine can't boot off its 8" hard drive (Quantum '40), and I fear
it has a head crash. I found after a few power-ups that the belt was off
the motor spindle. The damn belt has to be held in place until the drive
gets to speed, otherwise it promptly comes off at power-up. Anyone with a
solution for this stupid hard drive?

     Thanks,
     Edwin

At 06:26 PM 12/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm trying to help someone find a copy of a
>8" boot disk for an Altos 8600.
> Thanks,
> --Doug
>=========================================
>Doug Coward
>Press Start Inc.
>Sunnyvale,CA
>=========================================
>
>
Received on Tue Dec 12 2000 - 16:58:57 GMT