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Article #1891Re: How does one identify a Zenith?
From: Terry Labach
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 14:32
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 14:32
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In article <90222.150743TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET> TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) writes:
>Is there a somewhat foolproof method to determine if a machine is a
>Zenith vs. any other clone?
Well, it may not be foolproof, but on my home and work Zeniths, there
is a BIOS signature. If you go into DEBUG (or the Zenith built-in
debugger) and enter
df800:0
you will get a dump of part of the BIOS. On this machine, the dump
begins
07/17/84 (C)ZDS
CORP
indicating a Zenith Data Systems machine. You could search for such a
signature in your program.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!herald.usask.ca!labach From: labach@herald.usask.ca (Terry Labach) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: How does one identify a Zenith? Summary: Finding a BIOS signature Keywords: ZDS, BIOS, Zenith Message-ID: <1990Aug15.143240.6270@herald.usask.ca> Date: 15 Aug 90 14:32:40 GMT References: <90222.150743TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET> Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 22