Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!hardy!djo7613 From: djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: Zenith 386 Boat Anchors!! Message-ID: <5436@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 24 Jul 90 15:39:45 GMT References: <169.26a5a941@miavx0.ham.muohio.edu> <8532@ur-cc.UUCP> <5388@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu Reply-To: djo7613@hardy.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 57 In article price@vlsiws.unl.edu (Chad Price) writes: >(concerning the Z449 trade-in program)... >Thats news to me. I never received any notice & certainly registered and >would have upgraded given the chance. > >Do you have the address & or phone number for the upgrade ?? I'd like to >try. (PS I got my Zenith through Univ Colo @ Denver) Sorry, I don't. We were having trouble with a Z248/12 component, and during the testing phase, the Heath tech suggested swapping the Z449 for a Z549. We said "What Z549?" Our sales rep (in Seattle) mentioned some sort of swap program, involving the U of Wash, but it wasn't clear whether it was part of a nationwide program or a locally-engineered deal. Since he's a great sales rep, he let us upgrade for about $150 each, which we took him up on. This was nearly two years ago. I have no idea if it was an authorized deal or not, and since it was a long time back, it's probably expired by now (if it ever *was* an authorized deal). (Then I butt in again... :) >>To this, let me add; Did you install Zenith's version of Windows 3? It's >>been available now for some time (got my upgrade cards in the mail two >>weeks ago), > >Again - please send / post address. I never received any upgrade info >from them. The mailing that came to both my work and home address consisted of a form that requested your Z-machine model number and serial number, along with $49. Since purt near every Zenith hard disk machine for a few years there had Windows included, everyone who registered their copy should have gotten this mailing, according to ZDS. If not, dig out your old registration card and send it in. The offer is good till December 31, 1990. The address we sent in the $$ and form to was: Zenith Data Systems Attn: Cash Control P.O. Box 1000 St. Joseph, MI 49085-9983 The come-on letter was signed by Art Lambert, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. There's a 1-800-523-9393 number listed, but it looks like its a sales info line only. Best part about the mailing was the info sheet entitled HOW TO DETERMINE IF YOUR PC IS CAPABLE OF RUNNING WINDOWS VERSION 3.0. I've read all the usual trade press stuff, but this was the first guide that made it very clear to 286 owners (like me) who want to run in standard mode that YOU NEED MORE THAN 1 MB OF RAM. Basically, you need 256K of extended memory and (quoting now) "the expanded memory available above the 640K will NOT suffice." I've already ordered more SIMMs! > >Chad Price >price@fergvax.unl.edu "Moby" Dick O'Connor djo7613@u.washington.edu Washington Department of Fisheries *I brake for salmonids*