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In article <33600004@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> krause@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Well, this is it.  I just heard from a mail-order place that specializes
>in Zenith computers that Zenith is discontinuing the memory boards for
>the old 16MHz Z-386 line.  Can anyone confirm that this is true?
>I've been calling around, and only one place said they could get them
>(a Heathkit store) but they claimed a list of $3000 for 4MB.

Shoot!  I have one of those 386-16s and work on a second one.  While both
the machines have been expanded to 5Mb, I think it has pretty much gone to 
waste.  While most of my programming is in C and Turbo Pascal, I just can't
see spending the time to learn the gyrations necessary to access the expanded 
extended memormy.  I much prefer the Unix or the Mac or the Amiga to do any
thing that \requires that I grab/malloc more than 640K.  Yeah, I know
that's my problem, but then again that is my solution.  Well, keeping with
the subject line, If any one is so foolish to buy a 32bit memory board for 
that price, you deserve what you get.  The two expansion baoards we have 
both are 4 Mb, cost ~$1800 a piece.  For $3000 you might as well sell that
piece of junk and buy a different brand clone.  At least other brands
kknow how to expand memory painlessly i.e. SIMMs.  Yes I know that Zenith
now uses SIMMs.  


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 Bill Murphy        murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu

In article <33600004@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu>, krause@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu says:
>
>Well, this is it.  I just heard from a mail-order place that specializes
>in Zenith computers that Zenith is discontinuing the memory boards for
>the old 16MHz Z-386 line.  Can anyone confirm that this is true?
>I've been calling around, and only one place said they could get them
>(a Heathkit store) but they claimed a list of $3000 for 4MB.
>
[...]
>James Krause

Yes, I would like to know if this is true as well.  Is there any place
to get _reasonable_ alternatives if this is true, or are we just stuck
with 16-bit AT memory?  We have two 1-MB 16MHz Z-386s that are in dire
need of memory expansion!  HELP!

(LIGHT FLAME ON)
(picture of Lucy pulling the ball back as Charlie Brown kicks! 8-O)
Aaaargh!
(FLAME OFF)

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I have not checked directly with the regional ZDS office yet but our educational
sales rep says that there a plenty of Z386/16 memory cards and there should be
for a while.  I would be surprised if they pulled the rug out from under us so
quickly.  They didn't discontinue the Z-445 card until a year and a half after
the stopped making the 248.  Just to be safe every one should call their region
office and inquire about price and availability so they know we are still 
interested.


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>Well, this is it.  I just heard from a mail-order place that specializes
>in Zenith computers that Zenith is discontinuing the memory boards for
>the old 16MHz Z-386 line.  Can anyone confirm that this is true?
>I've been calling around, and only one place said they could get them
>(a Heathkit store) but they claimed a list of $3000 for 4MB.
> ....
>James Krause

Here I am, responding to my own note.  In all fairness, I have contacted
a person within Zenith who knows nothing about discontinuing the memory
boards.  (He didn't say they weren't, he just said he hadn't heard it.
Also, he pointed out that they are still on the educational price list.)
He DID say that they were "no longer making the 16MHz Z-386."  So it probably
won't be long before they discontinue the memory, too.

I'm still waiting for the definitive answer.  I get one story from a dealer,
another from a Zenith person.  Sigh.  What's I'm hoping is that they'll
keep making them long enough to take advantage of the now-very-cheap
memory chips.

James Krause