Zenith Z150 video board question

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1 total messages Started by Steve Scott Sun, 12 Aug 1990 18:31

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Author: Steve Scott
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 1990 18:31

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I have a circa 1985 Z150 computer with a Z309 video board and a ZVM-123-A
green screen monochrome monitor.

Okay, the monitor bit the dust (the horizontal sweep went out and there
is only a single horizontal line on the screen).  So, I went to find
another.  Not a whole lot of luck.  I DID find an old Tandy VM-4 that
the local Radio Shack had used as a demo and sold to me at a reasonable
price. So, I am back in business.  

But, I got to thinking:

What if the Z309 board went out?  Or, what if I had to get another composite
video monitor and I couldn't find one?  Zenith says that they will take the
old board in and exchange it for $150.  Not too bad BUT what I really
want to know is this:

aan I remove the Z309 video board and replace it with an 8 bit
Paradise VGA (for example) board.  I have heard rumors that the Zenith
video board uses I/O port $3D0 - $3DF and this is NOT where normal
PC-type video is I/O mapped.  Is this a problem?  Can I use anyone's
video boards and monitors?  OR, am I constrained to using Zenith video
boards?


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Steve Scott            UUCP: uunet!csccat!camdev!sscott
Motorola, Inc.         Internet : sscott@mot.com  Telephone : 1-817-232-6317

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