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content/museum/altos-computer-systems-serie-5.md

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+---
+title: Altos Computer Systems Serie 5
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Professional Computer
+origins:
+- U.S.A.
+years:
+- '1982'
+cpus:
+- Z80A
+params:
+  name: Serie 5
+  company: /companies/altos-computer-systems
+  company_name: Altos Computer Systems
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Serie 5
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Altos Computer Systems
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Professional Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: U.S.A.
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: April 1982
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Z80A
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 192 Kb
+  - label: ROM
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 80x24
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: None
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Monochrome display
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: Network (X25 protocol)
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: |-
+      Floppy-drives : 1 or 2 x 5.25'' disk-drives (1 Mb each)\
+      Hard-disk : Winchester 5 Mb (10 Mb optional for the Serie 5D)
+  - label: OS
+    value: CP/M, MP/M II and Oasis
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Built-in PSU
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: 44000 FF (France, June 1982)
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - adverts
+  photos:
+  - title: SERIE 5-5AD OPENED
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: SERIE 5-5AD REAR
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: We can spot the output for 4 users.
+    image: null
+  - title: THE SERIE 5
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: This is a picture extracted from a french advert.
+    image: null
+  adverts:
+  - title: US ADVERT (APRIL 1982)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      In this advert, Altos emphasized its software package offer.
+
+      advert said:
+
+      You also get the new ALTOS ACCOUNTANT, a completely integrated business accounting system...
+
+      There's more. You get the unique ALTOS COMPUTER TUTOR, the self-teaching tutorial that provides simple, self paced, step-by-step training that make using the computer easy...
+    image: null
+  - title: FRENCH AD
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: This advert was for the Serie 5 and the ACS-8000 systems.
+    image: null
+  - title: U.S. AD (1983)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: SAME IN GERMAN
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  comments:
+  - author: Eric Scott (Canada)
+    date: Friday 6th January 2023
+    text: I had an old System 5 when I was a kid. It had a 5 1/4" floppy and a full Hight 5.5 MB hard drive on it. It ran MP/M and we had three terminals attached to it. My Dad built and programmed a complete POS system for our continence store. We ran the system until the early 1990''s.
+  - author: Göran Axelsson (Sweden)
+    date: Thursday 26th July 2012
+    text: I just got an ALTOS serie 5-15DE and it came with two 5.25" floppy drives. I haven''t started it yet so I can''t tell anything about the capacity.
+  - author: George Barna
+    date: Friday 8th June 2012
+    text: I had one of these. It had a 2 x 5 1/4" floppy drives, NOT 8", of 800Kb capacity each.
+  oc_id: 455
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603020928/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=455
+    date: '2023-06-03'
+---
+
+The Serie 5 was a CP/M based multi-user system. It could support from 1 to 3 users.
+
+It had a 5 MB Winchester hard-drive and could be upgraded with a 10 MB hard-drive (for the Serie 5D only). It could use CP/M, MP/M II or Oasis as its operating system.
+
+The serie 5 was quite similar to the [Altos ACS-8000](/museum/altos-computer-systems-acs-8000/), but with 5.25'' disk drives instead of the 8'' floppies.