Well, this model 586 has 5-1/4" drives in the main unit and the tape drive
is in a separate enclosure. These are desktop-style boxes, though I doubt
theyd be used on a desktop. The hard drive is a full-height nominally 40MB
5-1/4" drive. I've left this thing alone, though it's a source of Z-80 type
system parts. The HDC is a 2900-based number not particularly similar to
any other that I can recognize. The tape unit hasn't been opened yet. I
may get to that some day, but I see the two boxes as a source of parts and
little else. They're pretty heavy, so I don't anticipate shipping them
anywhere.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Cc: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 6:34 AM
Subject: RE: Altos machines
>
> We have an Altos 8600 and what looks like an older 580 or 680 plus a few
> terminals. We haven't done anything with them yet. the 8600 is rack
> mounted with an 8 inch drive. The other one seesm to have 5-1/4's if I
> remember correctly.
>
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com wrote:
>
> > >Does anyone have any pointers to sites on the web which cover Altos
> > >machines? I've done a search on Yahoo and a couple of other places and
> > >turned up nothing.
> >
> > Yes, there is a surprising lack of information "on the web" on Altos
> > machines.
> >
> > >I'm particularly interested in information on the Unix systems they
were
> > >making around 1990 - we had one at work, an i386 in a tower case. Not
PC
> > >compatible IIRC, possibly called an "Altos III" or something similar.
> >
> > If you can wait a day or two, a fellow classiccmper and I are going to
be
> > inventorying the Altos machines that we've (temporarily) taken custody
> > of, as well as the documents. All the machines that we have are
> > 19" wide by about 7.5" high tabletop units, often with 8" floppies in
the
> > front so they're almost certainly older than your machine, but there may
> > be some documentation (we've several binders full of it) on your
machine.
> >
> > --
> > Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa_at_trailing-edge.com
> > Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/
> > 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917
> > Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927
> >
>
> M. K. Peirce
> Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
> 215 Shady Lea Road,
> North Kingstown, RI 02852
>
> "Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
>
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