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From: fong@ksuvax1 (Eric Fong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Zenith horror stories needed quickly, please
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Date: 25 Oct 90 13:50:59 GMT
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In article <1131@cameron.egr.duke.edu> js@dukee.egr.duke.edu (Jeffrey A. Shorey) writes:
>Why do you want to drop Zenith?  My family has had 6 Heath/Zenith computers
>and _never_ had a stitch of trouble with them (except for the power supply
>connections on the H89).  We have 2 Z-100s that have been going for 7 or 8
>years now.  We have a 151 that is still going, and two 158s.  The documentation
>is infinitely superior to anything anybody else gives you with their computers
>(as far as I know).  How can you have horror stories if you never have to talk
>to the vendor, the product is so well designed?
>
>- Jeff Shorey

I agreed, I have had 2 Zenith computers so far, one Z-158, and got a Z-248
just this year.  The 158 might be slow, but very reliable (I bought it in
1985!).  I also agree on the documentation, I have seen manuals from other
vendors, they are horrible.  There might be horror story to tell about other
computer, but not the ones from Zenith.

--Eric Fong