>On Thu, 11 Dec 1997 22:19:17 -0800, you said:
>
>>Yeh, that's a Zenith 248. The monitor should be a EGA, either mono or
>>colour assuming it's one of the Zenith ones. The colour ones were kinda
>>cool, they're the type that let you switch between mono green, mono amber,
>>and colour (I can't even remember how many colours EGA is 8 or 16). The
>>CPU is on a daughterboard,
>
>Maybe there've been different Z248's: I have one that's got a
>traditional motherboard (Utah-shaped) with memory (30-pin SIMMS)
>on the motherboard. (It's >10 years old!)
Dunno, I attended a Navy class on these back in '91 or '92, and the bit
that really shocked me was the CPU on a daughterboard. I'm also almost
positive it didn't use SIMMs. It could be this design was the DOD version
of the Z-248, or was yours upgraded with a different MB to get a more
expandable system.
I just happened to think of another oddity about this computer, it's the
only IBM clone I can remember using that had a Boot ROM that you could drop
into. I think CNTRL-ALT-INS drops you into it, but I'm not sure. I seem
to remember finding it by accident originally.
Zane
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