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From: boylanr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (ross boylan)
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Subject: Re: Zenith 386 Boat Anchors!!
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Date: 25 Jul 90 23:58:48 GMT
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I have a 386/16Mhz Zenith.  It has lots of problems when using the 386
features, because Zenith uses the address space between 640K and 1M in
a nonstandard way (e.g., the frame buffer is at an unusual location).
When I first tried desqview, I had problems with it hanging because it was
messing with the frame buffer (does the memory mapping), which it mistakenly
thought was in "free" space.  Our Zenith rep says same issues apply with
Windows 3.0, and probably Unix: it's safest to get stuff through Zenith.

Once things are tweaked, they work OK.

I would advise anyone not to buy a Zenith.  Their hardware is unreliable, and 
they engage in marketing con jobs like selling VGA systems which aren't
really VGA (as others have mentioned).  On the other hand, once the
hardware gets fixed and the software gets tweaked, they are more useful than
boat anchors!