I picked up a Zenith Data Systems all-in-one box from the trash a few days
ago. Lovely cosmetic condition. Unfortunately there's no response on the
monitor. The fan spins up so it is getting power. Other than the Heath address
on the back it has no model #. It looks like the pictures I have seen of the
Z-100. Do the first models of Z-100 have a model # on them ?
It has a siemens fdd and a really nice FD image decal labelled Xidex. The rear
sockets are labelled DCE and DTE , connected to a serial I/O daughter card,
FR-1 a 34 pin socket FR-2 a40 pin which are connected to a Disk Interface
daughter card and the fdd has a daughter card Disk I/O and a free hanging
connector for an external floppy. The serial I/O is hard wired to another card
labelled Albrektson Sound/Clock H-89 which has a lead to an external RCA
connector Cassette I/O as well as a battery pak and a mini-speaker.
There is a video card on the bottom. The vertical mounted motherboard has pins
for 5 daughter cards and a Z-80 CPU. There's 48 k mem and an additional 16 k
daughter card.
Another card the same dimension is mounted behind the MB and is labelled
Terminal Logic. It also has a Z-80 as well as a Motorola 6845L chip.
Any Z-100 people out there ?
I guess the question is do I try and ressurect it ? It has such a nice-looking
KB and is in such good cosmetic shape that it would hurt to junk it.
ciao larry
lwalker_at_interlog.com
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Received on Sat May 08 1999 - 17:18:03 BST