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From: jabusch@uiucdcsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Zenith AT clones
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Date: Wed, 28-Jan-87 21:31:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 28 21:31:00 1987
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu!jabusch    Jan 28 20:31:00 1987


	I recommend the model 248.  I'm not familiar with the 241, but the
248 has a 20MB hard disk, 360KB floppy, and an EGA-compatible graphics
adapter.  The monitor is extra cost.  We have some of these at this site,
and they're great.  The motherboard is basically a bus.  The actual CPU 
sits on a expansion-type board, which means that it can be replaced by a
'386 configured for a 16 bit bus any time.  The machine seems faster than
the Compaq 286 that sits on my desk.  It has a ROM-based monitor system
that keeps track of system configuration, can force boot off a hard disk,
ignoring any floppy, can control the active disk partitions, memory sizes, 
and general system configuration.  It's all called by pressing Ctl-Alt-Ins,
which is an easy combination to remember, being close to Ctl-Alt-Del. (don't
mix them up!)  I wish I had the money to buy one now.  The Army contract
lists them for $1600 for the machine w/512K RAM, the hard disk, floppy, and
graphics adapter, and the the monitor costs an extra $300!  That's a GSA
price, of course, but it's indicative of the general pricing strategy.
The machine runs all DOS software that I know of so far.  It has run several
networking systems, including Banyan and 3Com, and I imagine that it will
also handle the Sun/NFS, Novell, PC-Net, and others equally well.  It also
feels good:  very solidly built, as Zenith always does.

John Jabusch
USA-CERL-FS