或许是这款产品直接导致了Zenith公司在笔记本业界的溃败，这款产品居然选择了类似于电子手表的背光屏幕设计，因此无论是在白天还是黑夜都极度难以阅读屏幕上的文字，电脑所运行的数据都存储在ROM之中，唯一的交换存储体是软盘，整体来看，即便是当时这款产品的可使用性都相当勉强，因此在败笔排行榜上名列前茅也是情理之中的事情。
Zenith Minisport产品（1989年产品）
Zenith Minisport HD————最差显示屏的笔记本编辑本段回目录
具体配置参数表：
处理器 | Intel 80C88(8/10MB) |
内存 | 1M |
硬盘 | 20 MB |
显示器 | 7.8英寸 |
重量 | 2.7kg |
在笔记本发展的初期，由于多项技术还不成熟，因此这个过程中也出现过不少的败笔之作。这款Zenith公司在1989年所推出的Minisport ZL-1就是其中的一款，现在甚至有人认为，正是由于当年这款Minisport笔记本的推出而导致了Zenith公司的溃败。
由于业界当年还没有彩色显示屏，加上当年液晶屏的价格极其昂贵，为了降低成本，这款Zenith Minisport就尝试使用了类似于电子手表那样的背光屏幕设计，不过在它上市后就发现，这样的显示屏无论是在白天还是黑夜都难以阅读屏幕上的文字，这无疑是对用户得一种折磨。另外，这款机器也并没有内置硬盘，只能使用软盘进行数据储存，所以就算在当时来说这款笔记本都算是比较落后的。不过，事物是在不停的探索然后才能向前发展的，或许如果没有这款笔记本的失败，人们也不会继续坚持在笔记本中使用液晶屏吧！
主要参数编辑本段回目录
| Model: | MinisPort ZL-1 |
| Weight: | 5.9 lbs / 2.7kg |
| Introduced: | July 1989 |
| Price: | US $1,995 ($2,799 w/ 2MB) |
| CPU: | Intel 80C88 @ 4.77 / 8MHz |
| RAM: | 1MB (2MB in model ZL-2) |
| Ports: | serial, parallel, CGA, floppy |
| Display: | 80 x 25 text, backlit LCD |
| 640 x 200 graphics | |
| Storage: | 2-inch floppy drive |
| OS: | MS-DOS 3.3 Plus in ROM |
详解编辑本段回目录
As the only computer to ever incorporate the 2-inch floppy drive, the Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) MiniSport is also the smallest Zenith laptop ever. The tiny 2-inch floppy disk was originally developed for floppy disk-based digital cameras, but it's diminutive dimensions make it the perfect choice for this portable system.
The MiniSport can boot from the floppy drive, ROM drive, or the selectable battery-backed built-in RAM disk. A portion of the system memory can be set-aside as a RAM disk, to retain user data or other important information.
Since the MiniSport is the only computer system to utilize a 2-inch floppy drive, this is a major hindrance to software installation and the transfer of data to other computer systems. But there is one salvation - FastLynx, permanently installed in system ROM.
FastLynx allows you to conveniently transfer files and directories from the MiniSport to another MS-DOS based system via the serial or parallel port. Magically, no other software needs to be installed on the remote system, the MS-DOS command "CTTY" is all that's required for the transfer to take place.
Options:
As on all Zenith laptops, the user can break into the "machine-language monitor" by pressing <Ctrl><Alt><Insert> at any time. This allows you to trace or resume program execution, change machine settings, run diagnostic routines, or boot from a specific drive.
Later systems, the MiniSport HD, replaced the 2-inch floppy drive with a 2.5-inch internal hard drive. The system shown above has a Conner CP-2024 20Meg HD installed. The MiniSport HD also runs at 10MHz instead of 8MHz.
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参考文献编辑本段回目录
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Minisport
http://oldcomputers.net/zenith-minisport.html
http://oldcomputers.net/zenith-minisport.html
