Zenith SuperPort ZXL 184 | TechMuseum
Year of Manufacture: 1990
Technical Specifications:
- Monitor: Monochrome, LCD or CRT 640×200
- CPU: Intel 80C186 , 12 MHz
- RAM: 640 KB
- Storage Units: Two 3.5″ Floppy disks (720 KB) , 3.5″ HDD
- Connectability: Parallel, serial, video input, extension, modem, telephone, internet
- Keyboard: 78 keys
- Weight: 6.2 kgr
- OS: MS-DOS 6.22
The Zenith SuperPort ZXL 184 has an Intel 80C186 processor at 12 MHz and memory of 640kB. Equipped with two floppy disk of 3.5” at 720kB and an HDD of 3.5″ it ran with the operating system of the MS DOS 6.22 version.
Zenith was an American electronics company involved in various divisions. Among them was consumers electronics, portable computers, keyboards, televisions, receivers and radio equipment. The fledgling company pioneered in high quality shortwave radios and wireless remote control. Automobile radios were added back in 1930s and during the 1940s followed along the remote control and FM multiplex stereo. Another great innovation were the flat face picture tubes and multichannel television stereo system, along with HDTV digital system implementation.
During the 1970s sales plunged due to violation of Anti-Dumping Act, American antitrust laws. Zenith met great financial difficulties, because a large market share portion based on the Japanese market. Zenith filed a suit against Japanese companies with millions of dollars allocated there, but in the end the court favored the Japanese defendants.
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