On Thu, 11 Dec 1997 22:19:17 -0800, you said:
Yeh, that's a Zenith 248. The monitor should
be a EGA, either mono or
colour assuming it's one of the Zenith ones. The colour ones were kinda
cool, they're the type that let you switch between mono green, mono amber,
and colour (I can't even remember how many colours EGA is 8 or 16). The
CPU is on a daughterboard,
Maybe there've been different Z248's: I have one that's got a
traditional motherboard (Utah-shaped) with memory (30-pin SIMMS)
on the motherboard. (It's >10 years old!)
Dunno, I attended a Navy class on these back in '91 or '92, and the bit
that really shocked me was the CPU on a daughterboard. I'm also almost
positive it didn't use SIMMs. It could be this design was the DOD version
of the Z-248, or was yours upgraded with a different MB to get a more
expandable system.
I just happened to think of another oddity about this computer, it's the
only IBM clone I can remember using that had a Boot ROM that you could drop
into. I think CNTRL-ALT-INS drops you into it, but I'm not sure. I seem
to remember finding it by accident originally.
Zane
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