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From: fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Zenith horror stories needed quickly, please
Message-ID: <1990Oct30.043959.17414@techbook.com>
Date: 30 Oct 90 04:39:59 GMT
References: <1131@cameron.egr.duke.edu> <1990Oct27.223708.12974@techbook.com> <16274@s.ms.uky.edu>
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In article <16274@s.ms.uky.edu> rshelby@ms.uky.edu (Richard Shelby) writes:
>In article <1990Oct27.223708.12974@techbook.com>, fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) writes:
>
>  [omission]
>
>>    Zenith's older equipment (pre pc-clone) was excellent, but there "clones"
>> leave a bit to be desired.
>> 
>>    It all depends on your application.  in some cases they're great, but
>> when you try to do some things they bomb.  one problem is that some commercial
>> software won't work on them, you need to get a zenith-specific version.
>> in my opinion, that's a design flaw.
>
>What software problems have you had with ZDS pc clones?  I use ZDS
>SupersPort, SupersPort 286, 386SX and 386-25.  I have used Novell
>Netware 286, WordPerfect, Harvard Graphics, Lotus 1-2-3, Allways,
>Lotus Agenda, GrandView, Quattro, Quattro Pro, QuickBasic, QuickC,
>Generic CADD, askSam, Kermit, Bitcom, SAS PC, dBase III+, MS Windows
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^
>and others without suffering any incompatibility.
>
   I know for a fact that you need a Zenith specific version of MS windows
if you want to run windows on most zenith pc clones, otherwise it eats your
hard disk.

    there was a bit about this in this newsgroup perhaps a month or two
ago.

>  [omission]
>
>>   From a happy z89 owner, who wants a z100, but not a z100pc...
>
>Is the software incompatibility a problem of the z100pc?  Does ZDS
>still sell this machine?
>
   the z100pc refers to the 100 series clone machines.   they were often
referred to as z100pc in the early days, to differentiate them from the
z100, which many would argue was the finest machine in its time.

>
>-- 
>Richard L Shelby       Dept of Health Services       Univ of Kentucky
>rshelby@ms.uky.edu  rshelby@ukma.BITNET  {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!rshelby
>
>            You're never too old to have a happy childhood.


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