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Article #365Re: Zenith horror stories needed quickly, please
From: King M. Lee
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 04:16
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 1990 04:16
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In article <90298.191725BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Jeff Boyd) writes: > We have, at California State University, Bakersfield, had several hard disks go bad on one model of the 248 low profile computers. The major complaints that I have with Zenith is that is is not 100 percent compatible. I have a Zenith 386/16 and I purchased a memory card for it. It didn't work because the Zenith did not refresh I Meg chips the way others did. Some of my colleagues ran DOS 3.3 with hard disk partitions greater than 32 Meg. Some software did not run correctly (PC Tools) because DOS 3.3 has maximum partition size of 32 MBytes. My, and I believe many other, computer has slushware whereby ROM is moved to high RAM for increased speed. Unfortunately, I have heard that this interfers with some software (LOTUS version 3 ?) and the slushware cannot be turned off. These unexpected features cost me and my colleagues a great deal of time. As for reliability, I cannot make a judgement without a survey of thousands of computers. We have had problems with Zeniths, but we've also had problems with other computers. I've found their service bad, but others didn't. Maybe I got a rotten apple. Disclaimer: The views are my own and do not reflect anyone else's opinion .
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!shelby!eos!data.nas.nasa.gov!klee From: klee@nas.nasa.gov (King M. Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: Zenith horror stories needed quickly, please Message-ID: <1990Oct26.041643.28052@nas.nasa.gov> Date: 26 Oct 90 04:16:43 GMT References: <6452@plains.NoDak.edu> <1131@cameron.egr.duke.edu> <1990Oct25.135059.16097@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <90298.191725BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov Reply-To: klee@orville.nas.nasa.gov (King M. Lee) Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 27