The Zenith ZT-1 tried to be a low cost gateway to the information age

Here’s an interesting little thing that appears to be akin to the WebTV but from 1981. It was designed for you to hook up to a monitor and then dial up to online services. (Via a built in modem.) Sadly this is broken, so let’s take a look at it and try to fix it.

— Links

Dumps of the ROMs:
https://github.com/misterblack1/zenith_zt1/tree/main

Other Zenith machines:

Finished up my Zenith Z-200 and thought I'd show off my Eazy-PC and Z-151 alongside it. Looking for a keyboard for the z-200 still, details in description
byu/RadRacer203 inretrobattlestations

WebTV:
https://www.deviantart.com/subwooferlabs/art/WebTV-2000-2002-Menu-1071840531

Reforming Caps:

Adrian’s Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

Support the channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

— Instructional videos

My video on chip removal without damage:

— Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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