DOS for S-100?

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Fri Aug 10 10:24:34 2001

> 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. :-)

Hey, I'm a programmer, that's a hardware question, ask Tony...

Seriously, I don't know, I assumed precisely what you suggest.

-dq
Received on Fri Aug 10 2001 - 10:24:34 BST