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3 total messages Started by Chet Chin Fri, 29 Jun 1990 01:53

#216

Author: Chet Chin
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 01:53

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I'll be going home to Malaysia a week from Saturday for 10 weeks.  I plan to
bring along my Zenith laptop, printer, modem, and external floppy disk drive,
plus a surge protector.  I knew all along that I would need to buy a
120-->240v step-up transformer/converter to use these equipment in Malaysia,
which I didn't think would be a problem.  However, I've just learned that the
transformers/converters commercially available are only good for short-term
use, e.g., with a shaver that you only plug in and use for a few minutes, and
the maximum plug-in time is 20 minutes.  As such, these
transformers/converters would be useless for longer term  use with my computer
equipment.

Does anyone know where I can get a transformer/converter that can be used with
all the equipment mentioned above and that would allow me to use them safely
for long periods of time at a stretch (e.g., a few hours) without harming my
equipment?

Thank you.

Chet Chin
UC San Diego

Windows 3.0 and Zenith 386

#217

Author: Rodrigo A Depaiva
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 1990 23:14

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I have a Zenith 386 16 MHz and I am having problems with Windows 3.0. When
I am using the program in real mode I always get the message:
ERROR: MEMORY PARITY FAILURE
In the enhanced mode the program works fine, do you have any guess for
what is going on? Is the Zenith computer incompatible with Windows 3.0? (in
the real mode!)

Rodrigo Paiva
MIT - Cambridge

Re: Windows 3.0 and Zenith 386

#218

Author: Dick O'Connor
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 15:20

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In article <1990Jun30.231442.24766@athena.mit.edu> paiva@athena.mit.edu (Rodrigo A Depaiva) writes:
>
>I have a Zenith 386 16 MHz and I am having problems with Windows 3.0. When
>I am using the program in real mode I always get the message:
>ERROR: MEMORY PARITY FAILURE
>In the enhanced mode the program works fine, do you have any guess for
>what is going on? Is the Zenith computer incompatible with Windows 3.0? (in
>the real mode!)

There have been several of these postings recently, so I emailed a ZDS
engineer who occasionally monitors this traffic to seek his opinion.  They
haven't had any problems with Win 3.0 beyond getting it to coexist with
Novell in the office he works in.  But he noted that they were working with
Zenith's version of Win 3.0, not the generic MSDOS version.  

Maybe there's some important distinction between the two.  Any knowledgable
folks care to comment and/or tell us Z owners how we go about getting
the RIGHT stuff? :)

"Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids* 
"Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids*

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