hr@uicsl.UUCP (01/11/86)
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Is anyone familiar with the Zenith Z200 AT clones? Is Xenix available?
A friend is considering buying one and is worrying about compatibility.
As we understand it, the IBM has hooks (kludges?) for getting out of
protected mode. Does the Z200? He would use MSDOS, but doesn't want
to be locked out of future options.
By the way, he purchased a LOMAS 286 board for his S-100 system over
a year ago (before the AT was available). He has been battling it ever since.
Since most of the software he wanted to use is only available for IBM
machines (and look alikes), he broke down and ordered LOMAS's video card
and PC-DOS. This system has never worked well. He had the 286 upgraded
to 8MHZ, but kept the slower 80287. Now his programs run half as fast as
they did with the 6MHZ system because of extra wait states. He is fed up
and is willing to join the crowd as long as he gets something that works.
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harold ravlin {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uicsl!hr