General Information

Serial #

101682-1706

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, SCREEN, KEYS, PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

31.0 cm

Width

25.6 cm

Height

7.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Zeos

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1990'S

Canada

PROF. MCKINNON, FRSC, IS PROFESSOR EMERITUS INPHILOSOPHY AT MCGILL UNIV. & USED THIS MACHINE UNTIL RECENTLY IN HIS OFFICE, AT HOME & WHEN TRAVELLING. IT WAS PRIMARILY USED FOR WORK PROCESSING BUT ALSO FOR E-MAIL. ZEOS WAS MINOR PLAYER IN THE NOTEBOOK FIELD & WAS TAKEN OVER BY MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC. (FOUNDED 1978).

Function

PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER. ITS SMALL SIZE, INTEGRAL DISK DRIVE, DISPLAY SCREEN & KEYBOARD ENABLED IT TO BE TRANSPORTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE ITS USER WITH COMPUTER FACILITIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WHILE TRAVELLING ETC.

Technical

PC/AT COMPATIBLE MACHINE RUNNING 80C286 CHIP AT 12 OR 8 MHZ, WITH 1 MB OF RAM ON MOTHERBOARD, 2.5 INCH 20 MB HARD DRIVE. IT WAS ONE OF EARLY REPLACEMENT MACHINES TO PORTABLES LIKE OSBORNE & HYPERION BUT ONLY WEIGHED 6 OR 7 LBS. ZEOS WON PC MAGAZINE EDITOR'S CHOICE FOR THEIR 386 NOTEBOOK IN NOV. 1990.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK PLATE ON EXTERIOR WITH GREY LETTERING READING "ZEOS"; INTERIOR WHITE LETTERING READING "ZEOS NOTEBOOK 286"; LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "ZEOS Personal Computer/ model S99100-000/ DC 16V 1.5A/ Serial No. 101682-1706/ ZEOS INTERNATIONAL LTD./ 2EC2LAPL09800"; WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROLS & KEYS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE/ DONOR HAS ADDED TWO SCEWS TO RAISE KEYBOARD

Finish

BLACK CASING; DARK & LIGHT GRAY KEYS; TURQUOISE SCREEN

Decoration

N/A