diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 3a5c48cbc14..ee17d9a21ca 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5621,6 +5621,7 @@ src/mess/drivers/alesis.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mess/drivers/alphasma.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mess/drivers/alphatro.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mess/drivers/altair.c svneol=native#text/plain
+src/mess/drivers/altos5.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mess/drivers/amico2k.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mess/drivers/amiga.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mess/drivers/amstr_pc.c svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/src/mess/drivers/altos5.c b/src/mess/drivers/altos5.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4aa618fe31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mess/drivers/altos5.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+
+	Altos 5-15
+
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "emu.h"
+#include "cpu/z80/z80.h"
+#include "machine/terminal.h"
+
+
+class altos5_state : public driver_device
+{
+public:
+	altos5_state(const machine_config &mconfig, device_type type, const char *tag)
+		: driver_device(mconfig, type, tag),
+			m_maincpu(*this, "maincpu")
+			{ }
+
+	DECLARE_READ8_MEMBER(altos_2f_r);
+	DECLARE_WRITE8_MEMBER( kbd_put );
+	UINT8 m_term_data;	
+	required_device<cpu_device> m_maincpu;
+	virtual void machine_reset();
+};
+
+READ8_MEMBER( altos5_state::altos_2f_r )
+{
+	return 0x0c;
+}
+
+WRITE8_MEMBER( altos5_state::kbd_put )
+{
+	m_term_data = data;
+}
+
+static GENERIC_TERMINAL_INTERFACE( terminal_intf )
+{
+	DEVCB_DRIVER_MEMBER(altos5_state, kbd_put)
+};
+
+
+static ADDRESS_MAP_START(altos5_mem, AS_PROGRAM, 8, altos5_state)
+	ADDRESS_MAP_UNMAP_HIGH
+	AM_RANGE(0x0000, 0xffff) AM_RAM AM_REGION("maincpu", 0)
+ADDRESS_MAP_END
+
+static ADDRESS_MAP_START(altos5_io, AS_IO, 8, altos5_state)
+	ADDRESS_MAP_GLOBAL_MASK(0xff)
+	AM_RANGE(0x2e, 0x2e) AM_DEVWRITE(TERMINAL_TAG, generic_terminal_device, write)
+	AM_RANGE(0x2f, 0x2f) AM_READ(altos_2f_r) 
+ADDRESS_MAP_END
+
+/* Input ports */
+static INPUT_PORTS_START( altos5 )
+INPUT_PORTS_END
+
+void altos5_state::machine_reset()
+{
+	UINT8 *m_p_maincpu = machine().root_device().memregion("maincpu")->base();
+	UINT8 *m_p_roms = machine().root_device().memregion("roms")->base();
+	memcpy(m_p_maincpu, m_p_roms, 0x1000);
+}
+
+static MACHINE_CONFIG_START( altos5, altos5_state )
+	/* basic machine hardware */
+	MCFG_CPU_ADD("maincpu", Z80, XTAL_16MHz / 4)
+	MCFG_CPU_PROGRAM_MAP(altos5_mem)
+	MCFG_CPU_IO_MAP(altos5_io)
+	
+	/* video hardware */
+	MCFG_GENERIC_TERMINAL_ADD(TERMINAL_TAG, terminal_intf)	
+MACHINE_CONFIG_END
+
+
+/* ROM definition */
+ROM_START( altos5 )
+	ROM_REGION( 0x10000, "maincpu", ROMREGION_ERASEFF )
+	ROM_REGION( 0x10000, "roms", 0 )
+	ROM_LOAD("2732.bin",   0x0000, 0x1000, CRC(15fdc7eb) SHA1(e15bdf5d5414ad56f8c4bb84edc6f967a5f01ba9))
+	ROM_LOAD("82s141.bin", 0x1000, 0x0200, CRC(35c8078c) SHA1(dce24374bfcc5d23959e2c03485d82a119c0c3c9))
+ROM_END
+
+/* Driver */
+
+/*   YEAR  NAME    PARENT  COMPAT   MACHINE  INPUT    INIT   COMPANY    FULLNAME       FLAGS */
+COMP(19??, altos5, 0,      0,       altos5,  altos5, driver_device,  0,    "Altos", "Altos 5-15", GAME_NOT_WORKING | GAME_NO_SOUND)
diff --git a/src/mess/mess.lst b/src/mess/mess.lst
index 89513bf4d91..09f476a7d4d 100644
--- a/src/mess/mess.lst
+++ b/src/mess/mess.lst
@@ -2150,3 +2150,4 @@ itt3030
 vax785
 ms0515
 alphasma
+altos5
diff --git a/src/mess/mess.mak b/src/mess/mess.mak
index fa58a2e7792..525e7974ad1 100644
--- a/src/mess/mess.mak
+++ b/src/mess/mess.mak
@@ -1952,6 +1952,7 @@ $(MESSOBJ)/test.a:				\
 	$(MESS_DRIVERS)/zexall.o	\
 
 $(MESSOBJ)/skeleton.a:			\
+	$(MESS_DRIVERS)/altos5.o	\
 	$(MESS_DRIVERS)/alphasma.o	\
 	$(MESS_DRIVERS)/alphatro.o	\
 	$(MESS_DRIVERS)/amico2k.o	\