[cctalk] Re: Altos 486 (was: Altos 386 series 1000 installation disks & tape)

[Christian Corti via cctalk]

On Mon, 2 Jan 2023, BogDan Vatra wrote:

 According to
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/altos_claims_tripled_performance_for_its_new_486_1000_unix_machine
the 486 should work with SCO as well. This means you're lucky as you can
find it on the net (e.g. archive.org or
https://vetusware.com/manufacturer/SCO/?author=490).
If it has a video card, you can try linux or [Net|Open]BSD on it ;-).


Ehm, apparently you are not aware that the Altos is not a PC.

Christian

[cctalk] Re: Altos 486 (was: Altos 386 series 1000 installation disks & tape)

[BogDan Vatra via cctalk]

Hi,

În lun., 2 ian. 2023 la 10:50, Christian Corti via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> a scris:

> On Sun, 1 Jan 2023, BogDan Vatra wrote:
> > Earlier this December I got an Altos 386 series 1000 with lots of
> > documentation and some installation floppy disks and one tape. I must say
> > that it's an amazing machine!
> > I'd like to reinstall the os but I have two problems:
>
> I have an Altos 486 System 1000 (*not* the same as the Altos 486) and an
> Altos terminal, but I am completely missing the software.
> So if by any chance someone has the software images for it :-)
>
> Christian
>

  According to
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/altos_claims_tripled_performance_for_its_new_486_1000_unix_machine
the 486 should work with SCO as well. This means you're lucky as you can
find it on the net (e.g. archive.org or
https://vetusware.com/manufacturer/SCO/?author=490).
If it has a video card, you can try linux or [Net|Open]BSD on it ;-).

Cheers,
BogDan.