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- ZENITH Z-19CN VIDEO TERMINAL
- 3 MHz Modification
- (9/25/82)
-
- The Z-19 terminal is capable of running at baud rates to
- 19.2K standard (38.4K with Super-19 rom) but the standard clock
- frequency of 2MHz may be too slow to operate satisfactorily at
- these transmission rates. In particular, I experienced occasional
- buffer overrun at 19.2K baud when the cursor was near the bottom
- of the CRT and the computer sent a screen-full of characters.
-
- Inspection of the Z-19CN scematic reveals that the ACE runs
- at 3.072 MHz, while the CPU, CRT controller, etc. run at 2.048
- MHz. It is a simple matter to change the clocks to 3.072 MHz for
- all of these chips; it is my understanding that as a rule, no
- chip replacement is necessary (this was the case for my
- terminal.)
-
- To make this modification, remove the Z19 PC board and cut
- the trace between U429 pins 8 and 14 and U426 pins 1 and 3. Now
- run a jumper from U427 pin 13 to U426 pins 1 and 3. This is all
- that is required to convert to 3 MHz operation.
-
- I have run my terminal for about a week under this configu-
- ration and have experienced no ill effects. The buffer overrun
- problems have vanished.
-
- Charlie Strom
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