<s>
Zeos	O
International	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
ZEŌS	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
manufacturer	O
based	O
in	O
Minneapolis	O
,	O
Minnesota	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
called	O
NPC	O
Electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radio	O
Realty	O
was	O
divested	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
as	O
NPC	O
started	O
developing	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
and	O
selling	O
PCs	B-Device
under	O
the	O
Zeos	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
PC	B-Device
related	O
product	O
was	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
Speeder	O
,	O
a	O
device	O
designed	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
clock	O
speed	O
(	O
and	O
thereby	O
the	O
performance	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
8086	B-General_Concept
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
then	O
began	O
work	O
engineering	O
a	O
motherboard	O
to	O
retrofit	O
the	O
soon-to-be-introduced	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
386	I-General_Concept
processor	O
on	O
their	O
existing	O
286	B-General_Concept
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
sold	O
its	O
first	O
PC	B-Device
in	O
November	O
1987	O
with	O
its	O
first	O
ad	O
in	O
Computer	O
Shopper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zeos	O
marketed	O
its	O
products	O
primarily	O
through	O
mail	O
order	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
partnered	O
with	O
and	O
distributed	O
PCs	B-Device
to	O
Sam	O
's	O
Club	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zeos	O
also	O
had	O
two	O
retail	O
outlet	O
stores	O
,	O
located	O
in	O
Arden	O
Hills	O
and	O
Golden	O
Valley	O
,	O
Minnesota	O
,	O
where	O
refurbished	O
and	O
customer-returned	O
hardware	B-Architecture
was	O
resold	O
,	O
often	O
at	O
substantial	O
discounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
tradition	O
set	O
earlier	O
by	O
CP/M	B-Application
manufacturers	O
like	O
Kaypro	O
and	O
Morrow	O
Designs	O
,	O
Zeos	O
bundled	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
and	O
Ami	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
with	O
its	O
systems	O
while	O
many	O
competitors	O
still	O
included	O
only	O
operating	O
system	O
software	O
,	O
requiring	O
customers	O
to	O
purchase	O
applications	O
separately	O
and	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
peak	O
of	O
its	O
desktop	O
business	O
,	O
Zeos	O
sold	O
386	B-General_Concept
-	O
and	O
486-based	O
systems	O
under	O
the	O
Zeos	O
and	O
Discovery	O
brand	O
names	O
,	O
using	O
various	O
model	O
names	O
including	O
Ambra	O
and	O
Millennium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
it	O
sold	O
Pentium-based	O
desktops	B-Device
,	O
branded	O
Pantera	O
,	O
and	O
laptops	B-Device
,	O
branded	O
Freestyle	O
,	O
Meridian	O
,	O
and	O
ColorNote	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zeos	O
also	O
was	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
laptop	B-Device
category	O
,	O
introducing	O
three	O
486SX	O
based	O
laptops	B-Device
before	O
rival	O
Dell	O
came	O
out	O
with	O
their	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
marketed	O
subnotebooks	B-Device
branded	O
Contenda	O
(	O
both	O
386SL-	O
,	O
486SL-based	O
)	O
and	O
Zeos	O
Pocket	O
PC	B-Device
(	O
8086-compatible	O
palmtop	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
V30	I-Device
processor	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Zeos	O
386SX	O
was	O
once	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
of	O
PC	B-Device
Magazine	O
,	O
rated	O
as	O
Editor	O
's	O
Choice	O
in	O
its	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
1990	O
,	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motherboards	O
based	O
on	O
early	O
486	B-General_Concept
designs	O
went	O
by	O
classes	O
of	O
birds	O
such	O
as	O
Duck	O
,	O
Goose	O
,	O
Gosling	O
,	O
and	O
Martin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
486	B-General_Concept
and	O
Pentium	B-Device
motherboards	O
used	O
families	O
of	O
serpents	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
notable	O
firsts	O
,	O
Zeos	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
company	O
to	O
offer	O
24/7	O
toll-free	O
technical	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subscribers	O
of	O
the	O
Prodigy	O
online	O
service	O
could	O
browse	O
and	O
order	O
Zeos	O
PCs	B-Device
long	O
before	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
had	O
any	O
significant	O
presence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
first	O
to	O
market	O
preconfigured	O
,	O
ready-to-ship	O
PCs	B-Device
under	O
a	O
campaign	O
called	O
"	O
Computers	O
Now	O
"	O
,	O
promising	O
nationwide	O
delivery	O
in	O
under	O
24	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manufactured	O
around	O
1991	O
–	O
1992	O
and	O
selling	O
for	O
$595	O
,	O
the	O
Zeos	O
Pocket	O
PC	B-Device
was	O
a	O
palmtop	B-Application
which	O
ran	O
MS-DOS	O
5.0	O
and	O
was	O
broadly	O
similar	O
in	O
form	O
and	O
function	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Poqet	I-Application
PC	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
Tidalwave	O
PS-1000	O
,	O
Vobis	B-Device
Highscreen	I-Device
Handy	I-Device
Organizer	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Peacock	O
Palmtop	B-Application
PC	B-Device
 '	O
in	O
other	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Works	I-Application
and	O
RacePen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
640x200	O
monochrome	O
LCD	B-Device
screen	I-Device
was	O
about	O
2.75	O
"	O
×	O
7	O
"	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
backlit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unit	O
featured	O
two	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
slots	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
serial	O
and	O
a	O
parallel	O
port	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
rear	O
which	O
used	O
proprietary	O
mini-connectors	O
and	O
custom	O
cables	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unit	O
powered	O
on	O
instantly	O
using	O
two	O
standard	O
AA	B-Algorithm
batteries	I-Algorithm
and	O
one	O
lithium	O
backup	O
battery	O
.	O
</s>
