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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Altos Computer Systems Serie 5	Computers	Professional Computer	U.S.A.	1982	Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs photos adverts comments oc_id source Serie 5 /media/museum/photos/altos_5_5ad.jpg /companies/altos-computer-systems Altos Computer Systems label value NAME Serie 5 label value MANUFACTURER Altos Computer Systems label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR April 1982 label value CPU Z80A label value RAM 192 Kb label value ROM Unknown label value TEXT MODES 80x24 label value GRAPHIC MODES None label value COLORS Monochrome display label value I/O PORTS Network (X25 protocol) label value BUILT IN MEDIA 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 value OS CP/M, MP/M II and Oasis label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PRICE 44000 FF (France, June 1982) photos adverts title subtitle text image SERIE 5-5AD OPENED /media/museum/photos/altos_5_5ad_opened.jpg title subtitle text image SERIE 5-5AD REAR We can spot the output for 4 users. /media/museum/photos/altos_5_5ad_rear.jpg title subtitle text image THE SERIE 5 This is a picture extracted from a french advert. /media/museum/photos/altos_serie5.jpg title subtitle text image US ADVERT (APRIL 1982) 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... null title subtitle text image FRENCH AD This advert was for the Serie 5 and the ACS-8000 systems. /media/museum/pubs/altos_serie5_pub.jpg title subtitle text image U.S. AD (1983) /media/museum/pubs/altos_system5_usad_1.jpg title subtitle text image SAME IN GERMAN /media/museum/pubs/altos_system5_germanad_1.jpg author date text Eric Scott (Canada) Friday 6th January 2023 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 date text Göran Axelsson (Sweden) Thursday 26th July 2012 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 date text George Barna Friday 8th June 2012 I had one of these. It had a 2 x 5 1/4" floppy drives, NOT 8", of 800Kb capacity each. 455 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603020928/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=455 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, but with 5.25'' disk drives instead of the 8'' floppies.