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From: klee@nas.nasa.gov (King M. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Memory and Windows 3.0
Message-ID: <1990Oct26.040032.27885@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: 26 Oct 90 04:00:32 GMT
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In article <21287@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> hannanp@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Paula Hannan) writes:
>Background:
> I am currently trying to increase the memory in my Zenith 
> Z-286 machine in order to use Windows 3.0.  This machine,
> which is two years old, currently has the minimum 512k.
> After contacting several Zenith dealears I have received 
> conflicting answers and price quotes from 900.00 for 1 Meg 
> to a *cheap* 525.00 for 2 Meg. My current working theory is 
> that I am going to have to buy the Zenith card which 
> expands the memory to 640 and fill the additional empty 
> banks with Zenith memory.  (Which would take me to 1.5M)
>
>Questions:  
> Is there any way to avoid using Zenith memory and the 
>  associtated outrageous prices?  

I  have a Zenith 386/16 and purchased a memory board to go with
it.  It didn't work because the  Zenith 386 does not refresh 
1 Meg chips correctly.  I believe the Zenith 286 that has a 
backplane has the same problem.  I was told that they work  
with boards that takes 256K chips, but I  that is hearsay.

I find that Zenith computers are not as compatible as they
claim to be.