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On Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:15:41 AM UTC-6, Rick Button wrote:
> Hi! I've become interested in the Z-100 since I found one in a recycling bin about a half a year ago. I have done a fair bit of research on it, and contacted a few people that have worked with them in the past.
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> I'm trying to get a feel for who else still has these systems. I contacted Steve Vagts and he still has parts/systems/software.
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> The problem with this system is that it is so old that much of the information is not available easily on the internet. There are few personal websites from people who own/are interested in the systems, but there are not large resources of information. I think this is due to its age.
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> I am interested in archiving and cataloging as much software for this system as physically possible digitally in order to preserve this system, with the hope one day that I will have the time to implement an emulator for it. There are no large resources of digitally archived software for this system publicly available. Does anyone have a large personal archive of software for this system that they are willing to share?
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> Even if you don't have any software to share, say hi! I would love to hear pings from other people who are still interested in the Z-100!
> 
> Thanks for reading,
> Rick Button

Greetings, Rick, and a Happy Holiday season to you. My goodness, I haven't seen anything from the Z100 group for a loooooong time.  I still have one tucked away upstairs (8 inch drives external, hard drive inside plus the normal 5-1/4" floppy drive). It is the low profile model (i.e. with external monitor which has the very exotic green screen (it is a non-color version) and has the memory extension.  Actually have all operating systems on it: CP/M, CP/M-86, MSDOS and ..... well, I forget. No idea if it still works - probably used it last back in the mid-1990s.  Bought it circa 1983'ish and actively used in engineering design work for the next 10 years or so. I think about getting it out and running every once in a while but that is just too far down the 'to do' list and will probably never bubble up to the top in my lifetime.  Suspect I will have to sell it someday (probably sooner rather than later).  I did have another Z-100 (the all-in-one model) but sold that 10 years or so along with an H-89 and a ton of software.    

There is a Google Heathkit computer group (SEBHC) :
https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!forum/sebhc

which is quite active - they mostly concentrate on the H-8 and H-89 but they do dabble in the Z-100 family every now and then.  You might give them a try.

Hope you take the time to get your machine going and good luck on your project.

Bob Groh, Blue Springs, Missouri
Heathkit Engineer (Ham Radio Group) from 1977 to 1981

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