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#1066
From: "Murphy's beta test site."
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 16:16
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; More answers:

I appreciate it, and also that you're replying to me too so I get it faster.
 
; Any IEEE-696/S-100 slave card will work in the Z-100.  If you go this route
; for a harddisk, I hope you are good at rewriting the BIOS (included in the
; Programmers Utilities Package).

Important advice.  Where do you get a Programmers Utilities Package ?
 
; DISKCOPY from MS-DOS V2 and up DiskCopies whatever the source disk is: 320K
; or 360K - It looks at it first.

My diskcopy defaults the output volume to 320K and therefor won't copy
a 360K disk.  Perhaps I need to borrow a DISKCOPY from another version
of MS-DOS ?  If it runs is it safe to do that ?
 
;	...
; Limited time only:  ad in Z-100 Lifeline:   QUIKDATA at 414-452-4172 has
; factory new Zenith Z-100 Z-217 harddisk controller/data sep set with cables,
; brackets, manual, and Z-100 harddisk utilities.  Originally $999, they
; are selling them at $249 while they last and rumor has it that they only
;	...

Thanks for the info, I'll see if I can raise some money.
 
;	... 
; What Boot Monitor version did you say you had???

V2.5.
 
;	...
; By Memory Map I assume you mean I/O map.  RAM is RAM (remapping circuits
;	...

Yes, thanks.

I'll see if I can raise some part numbers for the appropriate doc from
Zenith.

rcs
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