Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA (09/28/84)
From: Info-IBMPC Digest <Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA> Date: 21 Sep 1984 19:38-EDT Subject: ZENITH 150 compatibility query From: DEVCTR@USC-ISI.ARPA To: INFO-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA Does anyone know exactly how compatible the ZENITH z150 is with the IBM-PC? So far, I havn't found anything that won't run on the Z150 that has been designed for the IBM-PC. I also understand that the FLIGHT SIMULATOR program runs better on the Z150 than it does on the IBM-PC from reports I read in BYTE on tests at the last computer fair in Calif. Fred -------
dwight@timeb.UUCP (Dwight Ernest) (10/01/84)
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. -- --Dwight Ernest KA2CNN \ Usenet:...vax135!timeinc!dwight Time Inc. Editorial Technology Group, New York City Voice: (212) 554-5061 \ Compuserve: 70210,523 \ EIES: 1228 Telemail: EDPISG/TIMEINC \ MCI: DERNEST