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From: sysred@psuvax.UUCP (Ralph Droms)
Newsgroups: net.wanted,net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Information wanted on Zenith PCs
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Date: Thu, 15-Mar-84 09:40:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 15 09:40:24 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 03:03:38 EST
Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ.
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I'm considering the purchase of a Zenith PC (Zenith has made them
available through PSU at a very attractive price).  I'd like to hear
from anyone with either Z-100 or Z-150 experience (especially
comparisons!!), as I have not yet decided which to buy.  I'd also
appreciate any help with the following questions:


How is Z-DOS?  Is it at all MS-DOS compatible?

What software is available for the Z-100?  Is a good C compiler
available?

How particular is the S-100 bus in the Z-100?  Can non-Zenith boards
(e.g. memory, serial I/O, disk controllers) be used?  Which ones do
you KNOW work?

The local Zenith dealer claims to have run Microsoft's Flight Simulator
and Lotus 1-2-3 on a Z-150.  Is this claim accurate?  If these packages
do run, is it an indication of a high degree of IBM PC compatibility?

Thanks much.  Please respond by mail.

-- 
Ralph Droms
Computer Science Department		(814) 865-9505
312 Whitmore Lab			{allegra,ihnp4}!psuvax!sysred
The Pennsylvania State University	sysred@penn-state   (csnet)
University Park, PA 16802		sysred@psuvax1      (bitnet)