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From: dwight@timeb.UUCP (Dwight Ernest)
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Subject: Re: [DEVCTR@USC-ISI.ARPA: ZENITH 150 compatibility query]
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Date: Sun, 30-Sep-84 20:59:48 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 30 20:59:48 1984
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	IBM PC compatibility is not an exact "science". There's little
one can do to determine "exactly how compatible the Zenith Z-150 is with
the IBM PC". The key word here is "exact". There's no way Zenith or any
software vendor can make any such sort of determination. However, I do know
that the Z-150 is an extraordinarily compatible machine, perhaps moreso
than even the Compaq machine. The key is in how well the software people
at Zenith appear to have emulated the IBM PC ROM BIOS... the Zenith folks
appear to have done a marvelously good job.
	But with the large number of software packages out there, and the
various different ways that a programmer or a programming staff can write
code for PC-DOS, there's no way to measure "compatibility" quantitatively.
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