A clone of the IBM PC/XT manufactured in the mid-1980's by the (now-defunct) Zenith Radio Corporation. Branded as "Easy PC", these were marketed by the university to students because they were slightly cheaper than standard PC clones. Unfortunately, any cost advantage was more than made up for by their lack of expandability - making them an inferior product which quickly earned the "Sleazy PC" moniker.
Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago went bankrupt (Chapter 11) in 1999, with whatever was left of the assets going to the Lucky Goldstar (LG) of Korea. Zenith's history goes back to the early days of ttelevision, where the slogan was unofficially "the junk goes in before tha name goes on". Zenith bought the (also now-defunct) Heathkit and made a brief foray into computing in the 1980's, which led to rubbish like the Sleazy PC.
by bitchuck October 22, 2023