Five and quarter drives

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Tue Feb 15 10:41:10 2005

Scott Stevens wrote:

> I am not familiar with the Altos 386. Is it an 8086 machine? The 586
> is a 5-user 8086 machine (five serial ports to attach terminals).

Yes, it's got an 80386, an 80387, and an 80186 (presumably for handling
i/o). On the huge option board, it has six more serial ports (making 14
in all), an AUI network port and another 15-pin D that I can't identify.
  The option board has an 80286 all to itself!

Gordon.
Received on Tue Feb 15 2005 - 10:41:10 GMT