Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amelia!orville.nas.nasa.gov!dji From: dji@orville.nas.nasa.gov (the dirty vicar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100 Subject: Help with a Z-89 Message-ID: <2628@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 25 Jul 89 05:42:30 GMT Sender: news@amelia.nas.nasa.gov Reply-To: dji@orville.nas.nasa.gov (the dirty vicar) Distribution: na Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 21 Howdy, I have recently come into ownership of a Zenith computer that seems to call itself Z-89-FA (not sure about the "A", it's kinda scratched up). It has one 5.25" floppy (old style drive) mounted sideways next to the monitor in a very Hazeltine-like cabinet. Does anyone know about these beasts?? When I power it on, I get H: at the top of the screen. The only keys that do anything are and . If one is pressed, the word "Substitute" appears (only the first time). Some of the other keys beep, some do nothing. Some of the numeric keypad keys generate numbers, usually the wrong ones. What the hell am I talking to here?? How can I get the thing to boot CP/M from the drive?? Is it hopeless? Thanks very much for any advice you can provide. I don't read this group, so e-mail replies would be appreciated. -- Dave Iannucci NAS Facility, NASA/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA /////////////// DARPA Internet or CSNet: dji@orville.nas.nasa.gov \ Beru lives! \ BITNET: dji%orville.nas.nasa.gov@CUNYVM /////////////// UUCP: {}!ames!orville!dji