paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) (05/01/91)
Boy, it's sure lonely here! Are there any of you left? My trusty old Z100 fell into disuse over a year ago after I bought a new 386 clone to run Minix on. Now my parents are saying they could use a computer for investment tracking, mailing-list, word processing, and spreadsheet. I'd like to give them my old Zenith, but the only application software I ever acquired for the thing (other than several compilers) was Multiplan and Wordstar. I'd really like to put something like Managing Your Money on it, but I'm certain it requires at least an IBM-compatible BIOS interface to the display and keyboard. I remember there used to be something called "zpc" that provided software emulation of enough of the IBM BIOS to allow running some IBM software on the Z100. I've grepped around in my archives, but I am unable to dredge up any details that would enable me to get my hands on it. I seem to recall that it was available through HUG, but I don't know how to get in touch with them. Can anybody get me pointed in the right direction? If HUG is the place to go, has anybody got a phone number, postal address, or email address? If zpc is available for ftp (I checked archie, and didn't find it.), can anyone point me at the appropriate host? If zpc isn't the answer, can you suggest an alternate? Is there any money-management software that runs native on the Z100? Help me breath new life into this aging workhorse! Thanks! Paul Allen pallen@atc.boeing.com ..!us-beaver!bcsaic!pallen -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul L. Allen | pallen@atc.boeing.com Boeing Advanced Technology Center | ...!uw-beaver!bcsaic!pallen
ruderman@sbgrad2.cs.sunysb.edu (David Ruderman - Racquetball Commissioner) (05/05/91)
If you are looking to make use of your Z100, then note: HUG did have a software PC emulator that ran several IBM PC programs very well. I think that is the ZPC you are looking for. There are some hardware emulators, but I wouldnt spend the money unless it cost $50 or less, used from one of the other readers of this newsgroup. A good software package that had a good wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and a reasonable database was PeachText which was available from PeachTree software in Georgia (still in business) and not copy protected, if you cant buy it, you just select Z100 when you install it. I believe that Wordperfect 4.0 is still available, maybe some of those other perfect's fit the Z100? My Z100 is still running at my friend's house with a 40meg and 2meg'o ram. Good luck -dave -- David Ruderman ruderman@sbcs.sunysb.edu Department of Computer Science (516) 632-7675 SUNY at Stony Brook "The price of freedom is Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400 eternal vigilance."