28 Jul
1998
28 Jul
'98
12:21 a.m.
At 01:58 PM 7/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
Just purchased three Zenith Data Systems laptops at
a Hamfest - my
first IBM-compatible computers, believe it or not (always focused on the
Apples & under-the-TV 8-bit systems).
Needless to say, I don't know a thing about them. There are no power
adapters. I have a 12v 300 mA adapter. Will that work with them? I
hooked it up to all three systems - 2 of them didn't do a thing. The
third "spins" up and I can hear a very faint wining noise from inside.
The monitor, however, shows nothing (could this be due to too little
amperage?). The computer gives a three-tone beep every 15 seconds or so
(estimate) and beeps whenever I press a key.
Anybody have any suggestions? Like I said, I don't anything about
these, so any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom
--
Sysop of Caesarville Online
Client software at: <http://home.earthlink.net/~tomowad/>
I have a Zenith ZWL 183-93, the internal battery is a string of "D"
Nicads, shot of course. I managed to get it going by modifying the power
supply for an old Sony portable reel to reel vtr, and increasing the
regulated voltage from 12 to 14.
It takes about twenty minutes for the old Nicads to soak up enough power
for the thing to work, but it finally does.
Regards
Charlie Fox