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From: drezac@dcscg1.UUCP (Duane L. Rezac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Zenith Z-248 Serial & Disk & Compatibility info
Message-ID: <656@dcscg1.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 89 17:46:22 GMT
References: <10826@sundc.East.Sun.COM>
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From article <10826@sundc.East.Sun.COM>, by tgsmith@sundc.East.Sun.COM (Tim Smith - Consultant Sun Baltimore):
> 
> Anyone out there want to answer a few questions for me?
> 
> 
> My favorite gripe is the COM3 boondoggle that Zenith perpetrated on
> the government - the machine had to have 2 serial ports so Zenith
> provided COM1 and LPT1 on one card and COM3 and LPT2 on another card.
>............(stuff deleted)

>         Tim Smith - Technical Consultant

I think that the COM3 board is a piece of Junk too. The tech data is
propraitary, so tech data for writing your own drivers is basically non-
exsistant. But don't gripe to Zenith about it. If my memory serves me right 
the reason for the funky com3 board was a *GOVERNMENT* requirement for a 
special port configuration ( I think it was to enable connections to certain
gov. owned systems) and the com3 board is what was needed to meet that 
requirement. 

Duane L. Rezac


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