a bitcoin ASIC can mine any coin that is SHA256
How would one go about using the Bitcoin ASIC to mine the alt coin also based on SHA256?
You have to use pool which allow mining alt coins
Not true, I have been solo mining Zetacoin with my erupters. -o 127.0.0.1:port
only with upto about 5GH then it shit its pants already tried to solo mine this stuff with 88GH with and just spits out stales so good luck trying with more hash power