DOS for S-100?

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Aug 9 19:02:37 2001

At 03:43 PM 8/9/01 -0700, you wrote:


>On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
>
> > > >There was a Zenith MS-DOS 3.31+ that ran on the Z-150/Z-151;
> > > >I can probably scare it up...
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the offer but the 150 and higher models are completely
> > > different machines from the Z-100. They use the ISA buss and are 100% IBM
> > > compatible so the OS is basicly PC DOS.
> >
> > They're not *quite* 100% IBM compatible, e.g. power supply, and non-
> > Zenith keyboard use eventually causes the CPU board to no longer
> > recognize a Zenith keyboard.
>
>Eventually? I don't really know anything about these systems, but it seems
>strange that something like that would happen only after a while of such
>use. Maybe it draws more power and eventually burns out components? Please
>elaborate. :-)


     I don't know anything about the "eventually" part but there are some
differences in the keys on the Z-100 and PC keyboards and the differences
can cause problems with some applications.

     joe


>-Rob
>
> >
> > But that would be picking nits...
> > -dq
> >
Received on Thu Aug 09 2001 - 19:02:37 BST