Zenith Luggable/DEC sw

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon Mar 2 15:15:55 1998

Larry,

  FWIW I've palyed with the AT&T 6300s quite a bit and they seem to be
completely IBM compatable even to the point of booting and running IBM
MS-DOS. The Zeniths were also extremely IBM compatable, so it's no surprise
that the 6300 disks will work in the Zenith. BTW I found two complete AT&T
doc/software packages in a trift store here if you interested. Doesn't look
like they were ever opened. ALL the docs and ALL the disks are there. They
also have several 6300s including a 6300+ (80286 CPU instead of 8086) in
the store if you're interested.

  Joe

At 08:24 AM 3/1/98 +0000, you wrote:
>On the weekend I picked up a mint Zenith (luggable). Nosing
>around the thrift I also found 4 10pack containers of DEC Formula One
>5 1/4 RX50 floppies. 1 of which contained programs. As well there
>were 2 Decmate II Word Processor manuals (no disks) and a Decmate II
>Hardware Documentation manual with 2 disks. Sys. Overview and
>Sys.Test Diskette.
> The program disks were a 4part AT&T MSDOS v.3.3 rel 1.01
> ; a clock patch and 2 Test Diag. marked PC 6300 and an HP labelled
>disk with Vectra msdos 3.1. $30 (Can.) A real score.
> The Zenith is similiar to the Kaypro and Compaq luggables with a
>cooler design. Along with the int. monitor it has a double pop-up
>A/B drives and 3 ports on the rear as well as an RCA looking jack.
>(for an external monitor ?). Best of all it booted with the AT&T
>disks. The Disks marked PC6300 did nothing and the Vectra gave me a
>no command.com present tho I was able to get a dir. listing which
>showed one. Anyone with info on this 'chine ?
> I imagine I was just lucky and the DEC disks came in to the
>shop separately, but a nagging idea of the Rainbows ability to boot
>msdos came to mind. I also finally found a DEC k-b for a long-dormant
>Rainbow which has a 5meg Seagate. When I get the 15-pin video cable
>I'll be able to check further.
>
>ciao larry
>
>lwalkerN0spaM_at_interlog.com
>
Received on Mon Mar 02 1998 - 15:15:55 GMT