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- Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 1
EPSON Product Support Bulletin Subject: Proper Method for Running Benchmark and Diagnostics Programs Date hard drive. There will be some exceptions to the above rule. In attempting to benchmark or troubleshoot any add-on that requires a device driver (CD-ROM, local area network, etc.), obviously - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 2
Product Support Bulletin Subject: Equity le - Early ROM BIOS Problem with Miniscribe 8425F Date: 10/10/90 Page(s): 1 of 1 PSB No: S-0124 Originator: REM A problem has been reported in the Equity le when using ROM BIOS versions earlier than release 1.76. This version has been used in production - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 3
Product Support Bulletin Subject: Equity le - Lotus 1 - 2- 3 Graph Patch Program Date: 6/26/90 Page: 1 of 1 PSB No: S-0121 When using Lotus 1 - 2- 3 (ver. 2.01) with the Hercules Monochrome board or an Epson MGA board set for monochrome mode, the system displays garbage (usually a checker board - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 4
is to provide the 80386 Accelerator board test results, conducted by the Computer Product Support Center, involving the SOTA 386si from SOTA Technology, inc. The Equity models tested were the Equity I, Equity II Equity I + and Equity le. The Apex models tested were the Apex, Apex Plus and Apex 100 - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 5
recommend that only Authorized Service Centers install the board in the Equity I and Equity II. Installation Instructions Equity I 1. Remove the manual. Equity II 1. Remove the following from the main unit: a) upper case b) rear panel c) front panel d) FDD/power supply block. 2. Follow instructions - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 6
boards for use with the Equity and Apex (8088- and 8086 - based) personal computers. We have found that the SOTA 386si may meet your requirements and are competitively priced! Although these boards were tested by qualified product support specialists, Epson America makes no representations that - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 7
from Manzana Microsystems. The PS/2 Adapter was found to support the external floppy drive as a 1.2MB floppy drive in the Equity le. The instructions should be followed as described on pages 14 and 15 in the PS/2 External Drive Manual, supplied by Manzana. The only special accommodation necessary is - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 8
was provided to Epson by Novell's Independent Manufacturing Support Program. For complete test result reports, contact Novell, Inc. The Equity le was tested Network Boards AT&T StarLAN Gateway G - Net IBM PC-Net II IBM Token Ring Micom Nl5010 Novell NE1000 Novell RXNet Proteon Pronet - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 9
Sysgen OmniBridge controller and Bridge - Filer external floppy disk drives. Equity I Equity II Equity III Equity I + Equity le Comments The Equity I was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. It was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The external - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 10
Equity II + Equity lIe Equity Ill + Equity 386SX Equity 386/20 APEX APEX + PSB No: S-0088B Page: 2 of 3 The Equity II + was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. It was able to support . The Epson APEX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. It was able to support one or - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 11
drives could be used as high density (1.2M and 1.44M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. The Epson APEX 200 was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. It was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The external drives could be used as high density (1.2M - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 12
Product Support Bulletin Subject: Equity le RAM Board Compatibility Date: 6/12/89 Page: 1 of 1 PSB No: S-0084 Originator: REM& The purpose of this bulletin is to provide updated information on third party RAM boards compatible with the Equity le. The original compatibility list was incorrect. - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 13
is disabled when an EGA or VGA video adapter card is installed. No dip switch changes or setup is required as the Equity le senses the adapter boards automatically. MCGA supports a palette of over 256,000 colors and has the ability to display 256 colors simultaneously on a VGA color monitor. It will - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 14
Product Support Bulletin Subject: External 5.25" Floppy Disk Drives for the Equity le Date: 6/12/89 Page: 1 of 1 PSB No: S - 0081A Originator: REMP Epson does not currently manufacture an optional external floppy disk drive for the Equity le, however, the following companies manufacture external - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 15
Support Bulletin Subject: Apex / Apex Plus / Equity Series Keyboards Date: 4/19/89 Page: 1 of 1 PSB No: S-0080 Originator: REMAL The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information on the various keyboards used with the Apex, Apex Plus and Equity Equity I, II, Ill Model Equity I/II Equity - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 16
Product Support Bulletin Subject: Equity le Hardware and Software Compatibility Lists Date: 4/13/89 Page: 1 of 6 PSB No: S-0077 Originator: MWl& The purpose of this bulletin is to provide a listing of tested hardware and software for the Equity le. All testing was performed by Seiko Epson Japan - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 17
Corporation ok IBM Corporation ok Digital Communications Asst. ok CXI Inc. ok IBM Corporation ok KoalaPad Touch Tablet Light Pen Mach II Joystick Microsoft Bus Mouse and Adapter Microsoft Serial Mouse Others Copyiipc Board HP7475A Plotter IBM Corporation Koala Technologies Corp. FTG-DATA - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 18
interface connecter (34 pins, power supply lines separated) in the EQUITY Ie is different from the IBM PS/2 Model 30 (40 pins, power supply lines included). Note 4 Product : Light Pen The EPSON EQUITY Ie and IBM PS/2 Model 30 do not support a light pen in standard configurations. In order to use the - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 19
Desktop Microsoft Windows 2.00 Quarterdesk Office Systems ok 1.2 Digital Research Inc. ok 1.04 Microsoft Corporation ok Desktop Publishing pfs:First Publisher Ventura Publisher 1.00 Software Publishing Corp. ok 1.0 Xerox Corporation ok Entertainment Jet King's Quest King's Quest III Lode - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 20
Tate Lotus Development Corp. Software Publishing Corp. Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation ok ok ok *ok 2 ok Integrated Framework II pfs:First Choice Q&A Symphony 1.1 Ashton Tate ok Software Publishing Corp. ok E SYMANTEC ok 1:2 Lotus Development Corp. ok Language Microsoft - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 21
above products do not support MS-DOS/PCDOS 3.30. If previous versions of MS-DOS/PC-DOS are used on the EPSON EQUITY Ie, these problems do not occur. system files. Note 3 Product : IBM Starter Diskette for Model 30 The services (diagnostics) section does not work at all, because this program checks if - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 22
is the hard drive supplied by Epson for the Equity Ie. It is a 20Mb hard disk drive with a 40ms access time. y Can I install a hard card? . Yes, the hard card should be full length because the expansion slots are mounted horizontally. EPSON AMERICA SERVICE, 23610 TEL0 AVENUE, TORRANCE, CALIF - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 23
of floppy drives are used in the Equity Ie? The Equity Ie uses the Epson (Model SMD-480L) 1/3 height, 3.5", 720Kb floppy drive. Q12. A. Can I install 3rd party, internal floppy drives? Only 3.5", 1/3 height, 720Kb floppy drives should be used. There is no support for 1.44Mb floppy drives. Q13 - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 24
: S-0075 PAGE: 3 of 4 Q19. A. Can the keyboards for the Equity + Series be used with the Equity Ie? No, the connectors are shaped differently. Q20. A. The keyboard and mouse connectors have exactly the same shape. Will it cause problems if they are accidentally reversed? No, the circuits of the - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 25
. A. Q27. A. What video boards, other than MCGA can be used in the Equity Ie? Any other video boards, with the exception of CGA. EGA Software does not work on the Equity Ie. Why not? Only MCGA and CGA video modes are supported. In order to use an EGA-mode application, either a VGA adapter (the VGA - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 26
PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB NO.: S-0071 DATE: 3/10/89 ORIGINATOR: RE PAGE: 1 of 1 SUBJECT: EQUITY Ie / MINISCRIBE 8425F HARD DISK DRIVE INTERLEAVE This bulletin provides information on the correct interleave factor for the Equity Ie computer when using the standard Epson configuration - WX1 hard - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 27
MTR-A4 MTR-B4 MTR-A5 MTR-B5 MTR-A6 MTR-B6 EQUITY Ie TYPE 27256-15 27256-15 27256-12 27256-12 27256-12 27256- EQUITY II TYPE D2764 D2764 D2764 D2764 LOC 4U 5U 4U 5U M2764 4U M2764 5U REASON INITIAL RELEASE Fixes problems with EGA and with Lotus 123 Adds support for 4 FDDs and improves support - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 28
Product Support Bulletin Subject: Using Expanded Memory with Equity and Apex Computers Date: Page: 3/2/90 1 of 6 PSB No: S-0047C Originator: KAS '/"p& Q1. What is Expanded Memory? A. Conventional memory, managed by MS - DOS, is limited - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 29
RAM listed as the maximum for the Equity III +? A. This larger amount of protected mode to use extended memory are Framework II, AutoCAD, the VDisk RAM disk and Xenix OS. subject to limitations in the system hardware, supports the page frame anywhere in the first 1Mb of memory. Before EMS 4.0, - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 30
PSB No: S-0047C Page: 3 of 6 Q6. What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity I and Equity II? A. The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity I and II: All Card w/MMU Multifunction All Computers, Inc. Liberty PC Quadram Corporation Mini Magiccard (EV - 138) - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 31
STB Systems Profit Systems Q11. What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (12MHz models)? A. The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity II + and Equity III + (12MHz models): Rampage 286 Plus Elite 16 Above Board Plus AST Research - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 32
It will not support memory installed on memory expansion boards. Q15. Are there any expanded memory boards that are compatible with the Equity LT? A. No cards currently available from Epson America. Q16. What expanded memory boards are compatible with the Apex by Epson? A. The Above Board - Epson Equity Ie | Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 33
the use the memory on the expansion board (i.e. DESQview). Q20. Which Epson computers have memory settings that allow backfilling memory? A. The Equity I, Equity I +, Equity II + and Equity Ill + allow backfill. The Equity I comes with 256K standard and the Apex comes with 512K, thus allowing
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EPSON
Product Support Bulletin
Subject: Proper Method for Running Benchmark and Diagnostics Programs
Date: 06/04/93
PSB No: S-0158
Page(s): 1 of 1
Originator: MWT
This bulletin describes the proper method for running any benchmark or diagnostics
programs. This applies to any computer system.
In most cases, the computer should be started using an MS-DOS boot diskette
that’s ‘clean’ -
in other words, one with no CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
The appropriate executable can then be run, either from diskette or hard drive.
There will be some exceptions to the above rule. In attempting to benchmark or
troubleshoot any add-on that requires a device driver (CD-ROM, local area network,
etc.), obviously the necessary device driver(s) must be loaded. Also, some
programs will require a minimum number of FILES or BUFFERS to be defined in
the CONFIG.SYS file. Such programs will usually display this requirement if they
are run without the necessary CONFIG.SYS file.
For the most consistent results, use the absolute minimal boot configuration that’s
allowed by the hardware being tested.