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Summary of Contents for Z-170

Page 1: ...I 0 j en Tl 0 Tl en 0 0 0 o J r Tl j c Tl 0 z ITI o en c r I _ _ 2NirH data systems THE QUI LITY GOES IN BEFORE THE NAME GOES ON PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS Z 170 PC SERIES PORTABLE COMPUTER OWNERS MANU...

Page 2: ...llowing measures Move the computing device away from the receiver being interfered with Relocate turn the computing device with respect to the receiver Reorient the receiver s antenna Plug the computi...

Page 3: ...Z 170 PC Portable Computer Owner s Manual 7ENirH data systems...

Page 4: ...nd Copyright IBM IBM PC and PC DOS are registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation MS DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Z 100 and Z OOS are trademarks of Zenith D...

Page 5: ...Disks 15 Initial Boot Up 15 Disk Loading 16 Entering the Time and Date Automatically 18 MS DOS Back Up Copy 19 Formatting 1 9 Keeping Track of Disk Space 20 Naming Files 20 Keyboard 21 Overview 21 Ic...

Page 6: ...A Options A1 General Disassembly AI Battery Pack Installation A3 Internal Color Video Card Installation AS 256K Dynamic RAM Chips Installation A 6 300 1200 Baud Modem Installation A 8 30011200 Baud Mo...

Page 7: ...can use your new computer as a self contained unit or as part of a large computer network It can handle a wide variety of business and personal computing needs and combined with Zenith Data Systems s...

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Page 9: ...r to excessive amounts of direct sunlight or extreme temperatures When moving the computer use the cardboard shipping inserts that came with the drives to keep the drive heads from bumping into each o...

Page 10: ...Computer To open the computer Press the front edges of the keyboard latches as shown Gently swing the keyboard down To dose Swing the keyboard up Hold it in its dosed position and slide the latches f...

Page 11: ...n for a while It s also easier to connect peripherals such as a printer or modem when the shoulder strap is removed To remove the shoulder strap Pull up on the latch on each side of the case as shown...

Page 12: ...a key has not been pressed for 10 minutes the back light automatically goes off thus prolonging the life of the internal battery Pressingany key will turn the back light on again Cursor When you re us...

Page 13: ...C E S S I N DI C ATOR S The drive closer to the keyboard is drive A and the rear drive is drive B Each has a red LED disk access indicator which lights when the com puter is attempting to read from or...

Page 14: ...lephone Connector RJ llC This jack is used for the internal 300 1200 baud Hayes compatible modem and for a wide variety of external modems using a serial RS 232C port Parallel Connector This connector...

Page 15: ...an external mono chrome black and white black and green or black and amber monitor with a video output signal if you have installed the Internal Color Video Card Do not use a standard television rece...

Page 16: ...control to improve the visibility of the display screen On Off Switch Push up to tum on the computer push down to tum it off When both the AC adapter and battery pack are installed the bat teries wil...

Page 17: ...50 60 hertz WARNING When using the AC adapter always connect the adapter to the computer and then connect the adapter to an AC power outlet When your re not using the adapter to run the computer or ch...

Page 18: ...ng the calculator appoint ment calendar and the phone directory Dynamic RAM This type of Random Access Memory holds information that changes very rapidly When you run WordStar the WordStar programs ar...

Page 19: ...efore putting it on the disk If the label s already on the disk be sure to use a felt tip pen Labels go on the smooth side of the disk the side without the seams When inserting the disk into the compu...

Page 20: ...stic Envelope This is a permanent part of the disk Don t try to unwrap it Here are some of the do s and don ts of caring for disks DO Format all newdisks DON T Store them in theirpaper envelopes Keep...

Page 21: ...ave another disk called a data disk which stores the words and numbers you re manipulating with the pro grams Data Disks These disks are your workspace the place where you store the data generated whe...

Page 22: ...and then connect the AC adapter power line cord to an outlet If you are using the optional battery pack referto Appendix A for installation instructions Turn on the computerwith the On Off switch May...

Page 23: ...latches into place If the disk does not slide into the drive easily check the label on the disk Make sure it s not interferring Afteryou ve loaded the MS DOS disk Carefully close the door Make sure i...

Page 24: ...time automatically using the NVRAM non volatile RAM mem ory This information can be automatically entered when you boot up MS DOS so instead ofyou havingto enter the time and date the computer will d...

Page 25: ...DOS System Disk in drive B and type DISKCOPY A B and then press RETURN 2 The screen will display a message asking you for the destination drive Type B You will then be instructed to place the source...

Page 26: ...full page of single spaced text takes about 3 kilobytes Some word process ing programs maintain temporary disk files that raise the need for available space to about 6 kilobytes per page Naming Files...

Page 27: ...Unshifted Home Unshifted End Unshifted Pg Up Unshifted Pg On Unshifted Scroll Lock Unshifted lnsert Shift Left Arrow Shift Right Arrow Shift Up Arrow Shift Down Arrow Shift Num Lock Shift Delete Shif...

Page 28: ...to this computer The computer keyboard has two major blocks of keys the function keys Icon block and the typewriter block Icon is a symbol that represents an object or concept The typewriter block con...

Page 29: ...akes you to home base the World Map display From there you can change your set up options or check the time in another area of the coun try or a foreign time zone When this icon is pressed the compute...

Page 30: ...a modem pressing the Disk Icon will return you to the original program Pressing this icon activates the four function cal culator A calculator window appears on the left side of the display as viewed...

Page 31: ...ging the active calendar date moving the Time Zone display and calling up the Setup Menu The meanings appear on the bottom line of the display over the function keys Some of the function keys are also...

Page 32: ...nique computer uses Specifically Caps Lock This is almost the same as a typewriter shift lock key press it once to begin typing capitals press it again stop typing capitals The difference is it only a...

Page 33: ...e On Off to Scroll Lock The same is true for the Delete In sert key to be covered later When the Delete Insert key is pressed in conjunction with the right Shift key it becomes Insert Mode On Off Ctrl...

Page 34: ...hey point Other programs use the arrow keys in similar ways Each of the arrow keys has a second meaning when used together with the right Shift key The meaning appears at the top of the key Again for...

Page 35: ...the computer s way of providing a numeric keypad The other blue letter keys such as the CE M x etc retain their normal meanings They change meaning only when you activate the Calculator mode If you wa...

Page 36: ...er will pause until the printer becomes ready Typically you would use Prt Sc to get a hard copy of the onscreen text such as a list of files for a DIR Directory command The primary time to use this fe...

Page 37: ...realize that you can t find the disk you want to copy enter Break to quit The A prompt will return Break is useful in stopping Type commands when you ve seen enough Generally it is used with MS DOS c...

Page 38: ...to a program from the calculator press the Disk Icon Otherwise press the Clock Icon to return to the World Map The result of a calculation can be stored in a special Memory Value that can later be tra...

Page 39: ...ey For division Decimal point key For the placement of a decimal point Equal key For obtaining the results of operations The result may be used in subsequent calculations This key is also used for rep...

Page 40: ...the Memory Value Can also be used instead of the equal key to finish a calculation while subtracting the result from the Memory Value Memory Recall key For including the Memory Value in calculations M...

Page 41: ...Once established a number in the Memory Value stays there even if power is interrupted or you run other programs Initially it contains zero You can add to it by pressing M after typing a number or cal...

Page 42: ...ed in a variety of common calculations TYPEOF CALCULATION EXAMPLE ADDITION 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 SUBTRACTION MULTIPLICATION 1 2 X 1 2 X 3 1 4 D I VISION 1 0 0 6 KEYSTROKES u tJ u J 3 2 tJ J tJ J J LJ tJ J 3 I...

Page 43: ...0 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 7 9 0 0 x 2 0 6 6 0 8 9 x 2 0 3 3 4 4 x 2 0 K EYSTROKES t J CJ t J 1 E J E J t J Q J 7 1 II J J LJ 2 0 LJ u E J u E J D LJ J J s o 8 8 9 9 E J E J 37 Operation DISPLAY 9 5 1 4 5 1 9 5...

Page 44: ...AS NEEDED WITH lvl PERCENTAGE S A L E S TAX OF 6 5 ADD ON ON S A L E OF 1 0 0 0 0 K E YSTROKES tJ J J J l J J J J tJ u u u 0 6 5 A P P R O A C H 1 0 6 5 x 1 0 0 0 0 u tJ u u D I S C O U N T O F 1 0 P...

Page 45: ...B E F O R E S T A R T I N G N E W M E M O R Y C A L C U L A T I O N S 5 1 1 2 7 5 x 0 2 0 9 9 K EYSTROKES 39 Operation D I SPLAY 5 3 X 1 5 M E M O R Y V A L U E 1 5 6 2 I 3 M E M O R Y V A L U E 1 8 7...

Page 46: ...date using the Setup Menu more to follow on this On the bottom line of the display you ll see the following callouts SCHEDULE DAYDAY MONTI MONTH HERFJNOW ZONEZONE SETIJP By pressing the function keys...

Page 47: ...function They are very much like the DAY keys except they change the month You can also use these keys as if you were flipping through a regular calendar HERFJNOW By pressing the F6 key the calendar c...

Page 48: ...UP 1 0 CLOCK PRINTER SERIAL PORT Time 14 22 00 Type PARALLEL Baud rate 1200 Date 07105184 Data bits 8 Format 24 hr Stop bits 1 Time Zone 19 Parity None New York Caracas Handshake XON XOFF DISPLAY MODE...

Page 49: ...hese are the clock settings you will probably need to change Time Set the hour minutes and seconds separately The hour will appear in either 12 hour or 24 hour format depending on the setting of Forma...

Page 50: ...ladesh 7 Thailand Viet Nam Sumatra Laos Java 8 China Phillipines Mongolia West Australia 9 Japan Korea Central Australia 10 Sydney Guam Brisbane Melbourne New Guinea II Solomon Is New Caledonia 12 New...

Page 51: ...rome equipment Screen Saver Leave this ON for all normal situations I START UP Action World Map Start Up Action Your choices here are the World Map Display or Boot If you choose the World Map Display...

Page 52: ...ronics type The term serial means that data is broken down into its component parts either characters bytes or bits These bytes or bits are then transmitted one after the other usually on three wires...

Page 53: ...Then set the computer Parity to None The only time you should select Odd or Even parity for the computer is when the device being used with the computer demands it Again check the device s documentat...

Page 54: ...oices are Internal or External Choose Internal if you re using the internal modem or External if an external modem is attached to the computer s serial connector Internal Modem These items control you...

Page 55: ...ress Fl AM October 15 PM 2544 Bytes Free 6 00 12 00 7 00 1 00 8 00 2 00 Pick up Judy at airport 8 30 Breakfast with Dave Co 3 00 9 00 4 00 Board meeting Don t 10 00 Meeting with HP reps 4 01 forget co...

Page 56: ...edule INSERT The initial empty display for a day s schedule only includes hourly entries from 6 00 a m to 5 00 p m All other entries are inserted with the INSERT F3 key When this key is pressed a blan...

Page 57: ...e ESC key or until you press SCHEDULE to activate the calendar If you don t do any of these things the computer will beep once again every minute for ten minutes After that it cancels itself The compu...

Page 58: ...connects the optional internal modem to the phone line If the internal modem isn t present this socket is nonoperative Parallel Connector Used almost exclusively for parallel or Centronics type print...

Page 59: ...socket for connecting the optional Internal Color Video Card to an external moni tor Output complies with the RG 170 standard A cable is run from this connector to a similar one on either a color or a...

Page 60: ...rent loop Pins not shown are not used 1 3 1 25 1 PINNO PRINTER S T R O B E 2 D A T A O 3 D A T A 1 4 D A T A 2 5 D A T A 3 6 D A T A 4 7 D A T A 5 8 D A T A 6 9 D A T A 7 1 0 A C K 1 1 B U S Y 1 2 P A...

Page 61: ...9 G N D A 1 0 1 0 C H R O Y 8 1 0 G N D A 1 1 A E N 8 1 1 M E M W A 1 2 A 1 9 8 1 2 M E M R A 1 3 A 1 8 8 1 3 l O W A 1 4 A 1 7 8 1 4 l O R A 1 S A 1 6 8 1 S D A C K 3 A 1 6 A 1 S 8 1 6 D R 0 3 A 1 7...

Page 62: ...printer takes a few more steps First check that you have the proper cable You will need a null modem RS 232C cable with a suitable DB 25 connector Check with your Zenith distributor for the proper ca...

Page 63: ...ngs of the computer and printer They may be set to different rates If you have a parallel printer and the printing is not decipherable check for a defective cable No printing suggests it may be a bad...

Page 64: ...58 Operation...

Page 65: ...epair facility for service Do not attempt to service this computer yourself during thewarranty period to do so could void the Warranty To locate a Zenith Data Systems dealer or authorized Zenith Data...

Page 66: ...ctive have your computer checked by a qualified service techni cian What the Power Up Messages Mean ERROR CPU fai lure1 ERROR ROM checksum fai lure1 These two messages indicate the CPU logic may not b...

Page 67: ...also be caused by other defective boards in the system If any nonstandard boards have been installed suspect these boards first t t DISK ERROR Sector not found t t DISK ERROR CRC error t DISK ERROR I...

Page 68: ...Check battery it may be low You hear the disk drives working but Booting and other messages don t appear on the display Check the Setup Menu the External Monochrome Adapter may be set to On it should...

Page 69: ...c RAM D825 RS 232C port data programmable from 110 baud to 9600 baud Full duplex and half duplex operation Hardware XON XOFF handshaking Compatible with IBM PC asynchronous communications adapter D825...

Page 70: ...ly be changed by a qualified service technician 50 90 F 10 32 C 40 125 F 40 5l0C 20 to 80 relative humidity 9 5 H x 13 W x 6 1 D closed or 5 D open 24 1 x 33 0 x 15 5 or 34 2 em 14 4 lbs 6 48 kg 14 7...

Page 71: ...00 1200 Baud Modem ZA 170 4 256K Dynamic RAM Chips Z 205 4 WARNING Before beginning dissassembly of the computer tum the com puter power switch OFF and disconnect the AC adapter To remove the rear cov...

Page 72: ...e sure the main logic board stays in position by not changing the computer s position Using a Phillips screwdriver remove the four screws which secure the back cover Remove the two screws from the RGB...

Page 73: ...th the battery pack compartment fhis is on the same side as the On Off switch To open the battery pack compartment squeeze the tab on the batteryaccess door as shown in the inset below Slide the batte...

Page 74: ...e power switch OFF for 8 or more hours fhe battery pack cannot be overcharged 4 When the battery needs to be charged the computer will beep and a Battery Low message will occur on the video display Wh...

Page 75: ...onnectors on the back cover after installation of the card The AC adapter must be used with this option it will not work with the internal battery pack To install the video card Remove the back cover...

Page 76: ...ds of an IC hold the IC in one hand and place your other hand on your work surface before you touch the IC to the work surface This equalizes the static electricity between the work surface and the C...

Page 77: ...NOTE Your package contains nine ICs Set one IC aside in case future replacement is needed Install eight ICs as shown M A R K Change the setting on the jumper as shown Reinstall the memory board and t...

Page 78: ...300 120 WI let you to u 0 baud modem se a phone with yo ur comp t Remove lh u e bly e back cover from the computer See General Disassem Line up th and e contact pins carefully press the mo n the main...

Page 79: ...items depending on the hardware used in your phone system To hook up a modular phone either domestic or commerical Disconnect the modular plug from the telephone Install a duplex jack on the telephon...

Page 80: ...ack will have two wires of each color attached to it Add a universal instant jack to the phone socket Plug the phone and modem cables into the universal jack To connect the modem to a PBX system Insta...

Page 81: ...l see One is the Directory Display which you ll use when you choose a number to dial The other is the Update Display which you ll see when you add remove or change a number You can enter the modem mod...

Page 82: ...55 9243 71 5 555 7653 61 6 555 0228 982 555 3477 61 6 555 7272M PREFIX DIAL 1 2 KEYCOARD REDIAL HANGUP TIMER TERMINAL UPDATE Let s begin by defining the elements of the display Area Code This is the n...

Page 83: ...called numbers are entered in these two special places You can conveniently dial the two numbers at these locations by pressing the 1 or 2 function key The numbers you choose for these locations can b...

Page 84: ...up or your phone will be busy Timer F8 Call timing automatically begins when a call is initiated To let the computer know your call is over press this key During voice calls the time is displayed onsc...

Page 85: ...fix 9 Call Timer 00 00 00 2488 Bytes Free 61 6 555 4242WWWWW1 2345 61 6 555 6783 765 555 9243 71 5 555 7653 616 555 0228 982 555 3477 61 6 555 7272M T Tone P Pulse W Walt 2 seconds M Modem Add more PR...

Page 86: ...o process Used when entering area codes for numbers in your directory The dash is used along with the digits when entering phone numbers The following are the Update Display items that are controlled...

Page 87: ...Type the name of the party up to a maximum of 39 characters including spaces Use the DEL key to correct typing errors Press the RETURN key to enter the name The name now automatically appears in its a...

Page 88: ...RAM contents by following the same proce dure only instead of choosing the B option press R Anything that s cur rently in NVRAM memory will be replaced by the information on the disk file RAMBAKDAT wh...

Page 89: ...the first half of a long dialing sequence Usually you would use it at the end of a Sprint or MCI type access number The plus sign must be the last character in the first part of the number When the c...

Page 90: ...board during the call The modem program does not answer calls from other computers It only originates calls If you need file transfer or answer mode you ll need other software 11 If you re in the midd...

Page 91: ...n the Inter nal Modem column It should show 1200 Use CHANGE F4 if necessary 5 Press SKIP again to move down to Data Bits Verify that Data equals 8 6 Press SKIP again to move down to Stop Bits It shoul...

Page 92: ...ill be shown in the Dialed so far line When the number has been dialed pick up your phone and press HANGUP F7 Pressing Hangup doesn t hang up the phone it simply takes the computer out of the circuit...

Page 93: ...ng for signal stays on the screen until you press HANGUP You can then use REDIAL F6 to try again in a moment 4 After you ve reached the HUG bulletin board type I for instructions 5 When you re through...

Page 94: ...A 24...

Page 95: ...SIC along with code sequences for your Z 170 PC Series Computer The Cross Reference Keystroke Chart for the Z 100 PC Series and Z 170 PC Series and the HayesAuto Dialing Protocol are also included MS...

Page 96: ...AH in new template Empty keyboard buffer Backspace and delete character Reset system Exit current function immediately Exit current function after execution of preceding entries Backspace and delete c...

Page 97: ...valid 1 0 device A string of characters used in search compare commands Switch parameters Comments to be displayed on screen Optional entry Repeated entry Console keyboard and screen Parallel printer...

Page 98: ...ter backup files Back up all but exception files Format destination disks without prompt Global back up subdirectories as well List internal backup file directory No formatting of destination disks Qu...

Page 99: ...CLS Internal command Clears the screen COMMAND d path iodev swi tch External utility Loads and executes the command processor COMMAND COM Switches CONFIGUR ID P Cstring Do not prompt for date and tim...

Page 100: ...Srange list T addr val U addr L val U range W addr driverecrec DIR d path filespec switch Assemble Compare Dump Dump Enter Fill Go Hex Input Load Move Name Output Quit Register Search Trace Disassemb...

Page 101: ...characters F3 Copy all characters DEL Skip one character F4n Skip n characters ESC Skips current line INS Enter or exit insert mode toggle F5 Create new template EXIT Internal command Exit COMMAND COM...

Page 102: ...LIB command listing filename External utility MS DOS macro library manager Commands Append object file to library Delete module from library Extract a module place in object file Use defaults to remai...

Page 103: ...he contents of an ASCII file on a printer Switches IA Do not print file s from IA to S switches PROMPT comment len Print n copies IF Issue form feed top of page at end of file ILn Set left margin at n...

Page 104: ...damaged disks HEM commen tI r commen t Internal command Displays a comment in a batch file REN filespecl filespec2 REN fi lespecl filespec2 Internal command Rename first file as second file RESTORE d...

Page 105: ...ters one position SORT switch filespec filespec co JJ111and I SORT Iswitch External utility Sorts material specified in ascending order Switches R Sort in descending order SYS d I n Sort material base...

Page 106: ...0 NUL Null tape feed 1 01 SOH A Start of heading 2 02 STX B Start of text 3 03 ETX c End of text 4 04 EOT D End of transmission s OS ENQ E Enquiry 6 06 ACK F Acknowledge 7 07 BEL G Rings bell 8 08 BS...

Page 107: ...xclamation point 34 22 Quotation mark 35 23 Number sign 36 24 Dollar sign 37 25 Percent sign 38 26 Ampersand 39 27 Acute accent or apostrophe 40 28 Open parenthesis 41 29 Close parenthesis 42 2A Aster...

Page 108: ...etter M 78 4E N N Letter N 79 4F 0 0 Letter 0 80 50 p p Letter P 81 51 Q Q Letter Q 82 52 R R Letter R 83 53 s s Letter S 84 54 T T LetterT 85 55 u u Letter U 86 56 v v LetterV 87 57 w w Letter W 88 5...

Page 109: ...Letter q 114 72 Letter r 115 73 s s Letter s 116 74 t t Letter t 117 75 u u Letter u 118 76 v v Letter v 11 9 77 w w Letter w 120 78 X X Letterx 121 79 y y Lettery 122 7A z z Letter z 123 78 Left brac...

Page 110: ...ON 147 93 148 94 149 95 50 96 51 97 52 98 53 99 54 9A 55 98 56 9C 57 9D 58 9E 59 9F 160 AO 161 AI 162 A2 163 A3 I64 A4 165 AS 166 A6 167 A7 168 A8 169 A9 170 M 171 AB 172 AC 173 AD 174 AE 175 AF 176 8...

Page 111: ...208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 HEX BC BD BE BF co C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CA CB cc CD CE CF DO D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 07 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE OF EO E...

Page 112: ...rsion continued DEC HEX CHAR KEY 229 E5 230 E6 231 E7 232 E8 233 E9 234 EA 235 EB 236 EC 237 ED 238 EE 239 EF 240 FO 241 F1 242 F2 243 F3 244 F4 245 F5 246 F6 247 F7 248 F8 249 F9 250 FA 251 FB 252 FC...

Page 113: ...tself Thus function key FlO which generates 7100H in hardware will generate OOH followed by 71H Keyboard Codes Hardware Generated KEY ESC 1 2 3 4 5 6 i 71 81 9 01 _ I BACK SPACE TAB Q w E R T y NOT SH...

Page 114: ...2308H 2300H 2348H J 246AH 244AH 240AH 2400H 244AH K 256BH 254BH 250BH 2500H 254BH L 266CH 264CH 260CH 2600H 264CH I 273BH 273AH 273BH I 2827H 2822H 2827H I 1 2960H 297EH 2960H Left SHIFT I I 2B5CH 2B...

Page 115: ...0H 4400H NUM LCK Note 2 SCROLL LCK Note 3 Note 4 NOT KEY SHIFTED SHIFTED CONTROL ALT NUM LOCK HOME 7 4700H 4737H 7700H Note 5 4737H Up I 8 4800H 4838H Note 5 4838H PGUP 9 4900H 4939H 8400H Note 5 4939...

Page 116: ...pecial keycodes can be entered directly by pressing and holding the ALT key and then entering the three digit keycode in decimal on the numeric keypad Releasing the ALT key will then generate the desi...

Page 117: ...ift End Shift Pg Up Shift Pg Dn Shift Scroll Lock Shift Insert Z 170 Portable Computer Actual Keys typed Left Arrow Right Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow Num Lock Delete Right Shift Home Right Shift End Rig...

Page 118: ...st be in capital letters Command One or two letter command Functions of the different com mands follows Argument n More CR An optional field that further defines the command Used when setting a regist...

Page 119: ...ault to pulse dialing DP Argument n n n 0 9 P R T Dials the phone number using tone dialing These are the special characters that can be included in a dialing string E p R T Pulse dial the following n...

Page 120: ...L7 maximum volume Argument n n 0 I or 2 default I Controls modem speaker function MO speaker off MI speaker on until car rier is detected M2 speaker on all of the time Causes modem to go offhook in t...

Page 121: ...of rings on 0 which modem answers call Sl 0 255 rings Number of rings 0 occurred Dialing and Answering S7 1 255 seconds Wait time for carrier 30 S9 1 255 1 10 sec Carrier detect 6 response time Chara...

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Page 123: ...te key see ALT key Appointment Calendar 49 activating and leaving 49 51 function keys 50 51 memory usage 49 selecting a day month 49 50 Appointments adding and erasing 49 50 typing 50 AREA CODE key Di...

Page 124: ...les seealso connectors null modem 56 parallel printers 8 56 serial printers 8 56 Calculator Icon 24 transferring Memory Value 35 Calculator 32 activating and leaving 32 display symbols 35 examples 36...

Page 125: ...RGB 9 53 serial 8 52 54 telephone modem 8 52 A 9 A IO Control CTRL key see CTRL CPU specifications 63 CPU test 60 Cross Reference Chart Z 100 Z 170 21 8 23 CTRL Control key 27 resetting with 29 57 62...

Page 126: ...A l 4 dialing from A l4 letter keys A 12 moving around in A l l A 12 removing names numbers A l4 A l 7 selecting a number A 22 special characters A 16 see also Modem Phone Update Display Disasssembly...

Page 127: ...es Dynamic RAM DRAM 12 END key 28 Entering commands see Commands Environmental considerations 64 Equal key Calculator 33 Equipment failure 59 Error messages 60 Bad disk controller 61 Battery Low 62 A...

Page 128: ...tion key block 22 Function keys 25 Appointment Calendar 49 Directory Display phone A12 Setup Menu 42 Update Display phone AIS with SHIFf CfRL and ALT 27 World Map Display 40 Handshaking serial port 47...

Page 129: ...d 21 alphanumeric 26 calculator keys 32 dialing from A l 4 microprocessor test 60 modifier keys 27 program keys 28 special keys 30 KEYBOARD function key phone A l4 Keys function see Function keys Labe...

Page 130: ...ging up A l4 A 22 tone and pulse dialing A l6 A l 8 see also Dialing Directo1y Display and Update Display Modifier keys 22 27 and function keys 25 Monitors black and white composite 9 color RG8 9 mono...

Page 131: ...8 256K Dynamic RAM Chips A I A 6 P Pulse special letter phone A 16 A 18 PAGE UP DOWN keys 28 Parallel connector 8 52 pinouts 54 Parallel I O spec 61 Parallel printers see Printers Parentheses and area...

Page 132: ...e see Baud rate connectors 53 parallel 8 46 56 problems 57 serial 8 46 56 Setup Menu considerations 46 testing 56 see also Connectors Devices Printing and Serial Port Printing 30 Program disks 15 Prog...

Page 133: ...I 0 see also Display and Monitors Screen Saver 45 SCROLL LOCK NUM key 27 29 Serial connector 52 pinouts 54 see also Devices and Serial Port Serial I O specifications 63 Serial port 8 46 configuring S...

Page 134: ...see A prompt T Tone special letter modem Al6 A IS TABkey 27 Telephone see Modem Program and Phone TERMINAL function key A 14 Time zone 43 checking foreign setting 4 1 table 4 4 Time checking foreign...

Page 135: ...se letters CAPS LOCK 26 SHIFf 27 29 Viewing angle dial 6 10 Voice calls All A l3 A 14 W Wait special letter phone A 16 World Map display 40 45 function keys 25 40 Write protection 13 XON XOFF handshak...

Page 136: ...i _ 1 I o l l 6 0 1 l Ke j lua a d_ Q v00 v c V 0 J e S oV d_ rv ok V Q 0 J c Q C C PvJ Lt f t Q u o t k _ tra vt C lo c 11_ hc i uc qj lfJ c 6x J oV vtecfto J I v V...

Page 137: ...uter The demonstration disk is bootable and contains a file AUTOEXEC BAT that will automatically load the demo program and begin execution If your Z 170 PC microcomputer is not set to automat ically b...

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Page 139: ...m of Page A 4 in your Owner s Manual 6 When using the computer with the optional battery pack the Battery Low message may occur on the video display during initial bootup and drive access This is a no...

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Page 141: ...systems IMPORTANT NOTICE HEATH The text on the attached pages replaces the information on pages A 6 and A 7 in Appendix A in your Owners Manual Page I of 3 ZFL 171 42 595 3532 591 4791 Thank you Zeni...

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Page 143: ...surface and the IC To straighten the pins F9 lay the IC down on its side and very carefully roll it toward the pins to bend the lower pins into line Then turn the IC over and bend the pins on the othe...

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