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_at_wintermute.org.uk>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Altos machines
> Hi Dick,
>
> > 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
box
> 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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>
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Received on Sun Mar 26 2000 - 17:22:02 BST