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From: pajerek@isctsse.UUCP (Don Pajerek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Zenith 151-Hercules Card
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Date: 13 Sep 89 12:55:17 GMT
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In article <110200002@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> cole@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Hi... I need some help getting a Hercules card to work on an old Zenith
>Z-151.  I cna't seem to get the machine to recognize the presence of the
>additional graphics card, and override the internal CGA adapter the
>machine came with.  Any suggestions?  
>
>Thanks.... Rob Lebowitz

You will need a modification kit from Zenith to make this work. It
involves replacing a chip on the video board and, I think, cutting a trace
or two as well.

The cost is trivial, just a couple of dollars, as I recall.


Don Pajerek