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The Equity models tested were the Equity I, Equity II Equity I + and Equity le. - plus

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Product Support Bulletin Subject: Equity/Apex Compatibility with the SOTA 386si Date: Page: 3/02/90 1 of 3 PSB No: S-0111 Originator: MS ;. CL5 The purpose of this bulletin 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. All were tested with Norton Utilities and MS - DOS. The table below shows compatibility and the Norton SI rating of the various systems. Model Norton SI Compatibility Equity I 12.0 Functioned normally with Norton Utilities and MS- DOS 2.11 Equity I+ 12.0/16.9 Functioned normally with MS - DOS 3.3 and Norton Utilities at both CPU speeds. Equity le NA Unable to boot at 10MHz. Performance erratic at 4.77MHz Equity II 14.3 Functioned normally with MS - DOS 3.2 and Norton Utilities. (Tested only at 7.16MHz.) Apex 15.9 Unable to boot at 4.77MHz. Functioned normally at 8MHz with MS - DOS 3.2 and Norton Utilities. Apex Plus 11.5 Unable to boot at 9.54MHz. Functioned normally at 4.77MHz with MS - DOS 3.2 and Norton Utilities. Apex 100 12.0/16.9 Functioned normally with MS - DOS 3.3 and Norton Utilities.

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Product Support Bulletin
Subject:
Equity/Apex Compatibility with the SOTA 386si
Date:
3/02/90
PSB No:
S-0111
Page:
1 of 3
Originator:
MS
;.
CL5
The purpose of this bulletin 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. All were
tested with Norton Utilities and MS - DOS.
The table below shows compatibility and the Norton SI rating of the
various systems.
Model
Norton SI
Equity I
12.0
Equity I+
12.0/16.9
Equity le
NA
Equity II
Apex
14.3
15.9
Apex Plus
11.5
Apex 100
12.0/16.9
Compatibility
Functioned normally with Norton Utilities and
MS- DOS 2.11
Functioned normally with MS - DOS 3.3 and
Norton Utilities at both CPU speeds.
Unable to boot at 10MHz. Performance
erratic at 4.77MHz
Functioned normally with MS - DOS 3.2 and
Norton Utilities. (Tested only at 7.16MHz.)
Unable to boot at 4.77MHz. Functioned
normally at 8MHz with MS - DOS 3.2 and
Norton Utilities.
Unable to boot at 9.54MHz. Functioned
normally at 4.77MHz with MS - DOS 3.2 and
Norton Utilities.
Functioned normally with MS - DOS 3.3 and
Norton Utilities.