sysred@psuvax.UUCP (Ralph Droms) (03/15/84)
I'm considering the purchase of a Zenith PC (Zenith has made them
available through PSU at a very attractive price). I'd like to hear
from anyone with either Z-100 or Z-150 experience (especially
comparisons!!), as I have not yet decided which to buy. I'd also
appreciate any help with the following questions:
How is Z-DOS? Is it at all MS-DOS compatible?
What software is available for the Z-100? Is a good C compiler
available?
How particular is the S-100 bus in the Z-100? Can non-Zenith boards
(e.g. memory, serial I/O, disk controllers) be used? Which ones do
you KNOW work?
The local Zenith dealer claims to have run Microsoft's Flight Simulator
and Lotus 1-2-3 on a Z-150. Is this claim accurate? If these packages
do run, is it an indication of a high degree of IBM PC compatibility?
Thanks much. Please respond by mail.
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Ralph Droms
Computer Science Department (814) 865-9505
312 Whitmore Lab {allegra,ihnp4}!psuvax!sysred
The Pennsylvania State University sysred@penn-state (csnet)
University Park, PA 16802 sysred@psuvax1 (bitnet)farber@udel-ee.arpa (03/18/84)
From: Dave Farber <farber@udel-ee.arpa> Many a soul claims that IBM PC compatability is defined by being able to run the Microsoft Flight simulator.