This one here isn't going to run that OS. It's based on a Z80B.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: <jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Altos machines
> Yeah, I used to maintain one of these beasts in the mid-80's.
> It is a single 8086, with either 512 or 900-something k ram,
> and it runs the Xenix-86 OS. The thing used a couple of Q540
> disk drives, and with four users on it, swapped it's brains
> out like you wouldn't believe.
>
> The version of Xenix that was running on it at the time
> couldn't decide if it was Edition 7 or System III-- fsck
> said it was a System III fs, the banner on start up mentioned
> something about Edition 7.
>
> Anyways, it's amazing what some careful programming can
> accomplish with <1MB ram, and an 8Mc 16 bit CPU. They
> ran a cellular billing office with this thing, and they
> would load subscriber data onto this thing from 7-track
> (or was it 8-track ?) tape that they got from the mainframe.
>
> I had to reload the Xenix OS once-- the default root password
> is SOTLA :^).
>
>
> Jeff
>
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 08:09:04 -0700 "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
> writes:
> > 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
>
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