Zenith Z-Star 433VL/VLp
The Z-Star 433VL and 433VLp are Cyrix 486-based laptops that were released by Zenith Data Systems in 1993. These systems were also sold as the Packard Bell Statesman. They are one of two laptops to use Zenith's "J-Mouse" pointing device, with the other being some configurations of the Z-Star EX.
The Zenith-badged laptops were only available with a 33MHz Cx486SLC processor. The Packard Bell version was available with the aforementioned CPU, but also came with a 50MHz Cx486SLC2 on Statesman Plus models.
Specifications
| Spec | 433VL | 433VLp |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | - Cyrix Cx486SLC @33MHz | |
| RAM | Proprietary Modules - 4 or 8MB Standard - 12MB Maximum |
|
| Hard Disk | IDE 2.5" - 200MB Standard |
IDE 2.5" - 170MB Standard |
| Display Options | 9.5" Passive Matrix Grayscale @640x480 | 9.5" Passive Matrix Color @640x480 |
| Graphics Chipset | Chips & Technologies | |
| Audio | PC Speaker Only | |
| Main Battery | NiMH | |
| CMOS Battery | Unknown | |
| Power Supply | Proprietary Mini-DIN | |
| Disk Drives | 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive | |
| PC Cards | 1x PCMCIA Type II | |
| Networking | None internal | |
| Other I/O | - 1x Parallel - 1x Serial - 1x VGA Out - 1x PS/2 |
|
| BIOS | Phoenix | |
| Pointing Device | J-Mouse | |
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