Comments on: Zenith Laptop http://www.hornlo.org/isotropic/2008/02/28/zenith-laptop/ Where ever you go, there you are. Tue, 25 May 2010 15:16:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: hornlo http://www.hornlo.org/isotropic/2008/02/28/zenith-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-4087 hornlo Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:52:55 +0000 http://www.hornlo.org/isotropic/2008/02/28/zenith-laptop/#comment-4087 No hard disk. It uses 720K floppies, from prior to when the HD (high density) 1440K (1.44 MB) floppies took over completely. One of the BIOS utilities might format a disk for you -- I don't recall and don't want to unpack mine right now to find out. Hmm. I don't know if it would support any flavor of windows, what with that 64K maximum memory. Mine does boot DOS, and Minix (precursor to Linux). It might even boot some greatly minimized version of Linux. If you're interested (email me to discuss), I'll see if I can format a bootable disk and a minix set for you in exchange for some disks and a SASE. No hard disk. It uses 720K floppies, from prior to when the HD (high density) 1440K (1.44 MB) floppies took over completely. One of the BIOS utilities might format a disk for you — I don’t recall and don’t want to unpack mine right now to find out.

Hmm. I don’t know if it would support any flavor of windows, what with that 64K maximum memory.

Mine does boot DOS, and Minix (precursor to Linux). It might even boot some greatly minimized version of Linux.

If you’re interested (email me to discuss), I’ll see if I can format a bootable disk and a minix set for you in exchange for some disks and a SASE.

]]> By: fraggle http://www.hornlo.org/isotropic/2008/02/28/zenith-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-4074 fraggle Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:34:34 +0000 http://www.hornlo.org/isotropic/2008/02/28/zenith-laptop/#comment-4074 I picked one out of a thrift store today. It says disk error when booted. however i am using an FC Twin NES/SNES power cord instead of its original power cord. pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL makes it reboot. also pressing scroll lock takes it to some kind of bios screen where you can look at registries, test peripherals etc. Does It contain a hard disk drive, If so what operating systems can it support. The only disks I have are WINDOWS 3.1 and old mac 128k disks. I know it can support dos but what about windows? I picked one out of a thrift store today. It says disk error when booted. however i am using an FC Twin NES/SNES power cord instead of its original power cord.
pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL makes it reboot.
also pressing scroll lock takes it to some kind of bios screen where you can look at registries, test peripherals etc. Does It contain a hard disk drive, If so what operating systems can it support. The only disks I have are WINDOWS 3.1 and old mac 128k disks. I know it can support dos but what about windows?

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