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From: dts@cloud9.UUCP (Daniel Senie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for a good, cheap 386
Summary: Zenith 386
Message-ID: <1436@cloud9.UUCP>
Date: 19 Aug 88 23:40:39 GMT
References: <5607@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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Another 386 to add to your list is the Zenith 386. The price looks outrageous
until you see the Heathkit version. Go to your nearest Heath store. One of the
nice things about the machine is that EVERY chip is in a socket. Heath
is quite happy to give you a new chip to install if one fries. They have good
diagnostics which will narrow problems down to the chip level.

Building the kit takes 3 hours and does NOT involve soldering. If you
can follow instructions, it is easy.

The price is listed as $3349, but ask for a Heath Users Group discount
(join on the spot), and it will cost $3014. The price includes machine, 1.2MB
floppy, 1MB memory, Floppy / HD controller and the Z-449 video card (EGA
with VGA analog and normal TTL outputs).

I have one of these which I built in December. Heath has been really good
about fixing problems. They gave me a replacement ROM BIOS to fix a small
problem with old versions of Windows, for example, and let me put it in.
(If you are timid about tampering, they'll work on it in the store).


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