[Re: keath kit computers]

[David Sackuvich]

For the most part the H/Z100 was not PC compatible, there were several
hardware and software emulators available at one time that would allow you to
run PC software.  The 100 uses soft sectored, have to go back to the H89 or H8
to get to a machine that used hard sectored floppies.

Dean Milner <wdmilner at NS.SYMPATICO.CA> wrote:
At 12:58 AM 00-03-05 -0500, you wrote:
>   Where do you get hard sectored 5 1/4 in disk for oul heath kit
>computers..   The 360K disks are soft sectored. I was just woundering...

Not all Heath machines used hHard sectored floppies. Since they are not in
use anymore, you might try a supplier that handles computer supplies for
universities and other research establishments that often use older
equipment in various capacities. DASCO is one name that comes to mind, or
contact someone like 3M directly, they could probably help.

>Any body know is heath-zenith Z100 computer with 5 1/4 floppy  and 20 MB
>MFM hard disk  will run any PC programs?   Has green pitchure tube and uses
>a serial  printer.. I do have a word prosser program and M basic for it on
>HDD..   Rascal at Utec.net

Is this the all in one or the compact? In any event, the Z100 used dual
processors, an 8085 nad an 8088 at 5 MHz. It was bundled with Z-DOS, a
Heath version od MSDOS. It should run older DOS programs fine within the
limitations of its hardware, albeit somewhat slowly. It mightl also run
Windows 1.0 and 2.0 if you are really feeling masochistic. *grin*

Somewhere here I have a COBOL compiler for that machine.

73, Dean





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