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EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 2/4/87 NUMBER: S-0002 SUBJECT: USING THE PLUS DEVELOPMENT "HARDCARD" WITH EQUITY I/II The Plus Development "HardCard" is a 20 megabyte fixed disk mounted on an expansion slot card, for use in IBM PC/XT and compatible computers. The unit employs controller circuitry from OMTI/Scientific Micro Systems, and uses 2,7 RLL encoding. The HardCard has been found to be compatible with the Equity I and II computers, but there has been some confusion among customers who are running through the installation procedures. This is due to the HardCard's special installation procedure which has been designed specifically for use with PC-DOS. Because of certain file name differences between Epson's MS-DOS and IBM's PC-DOS, the Plus install program will not run using Equity MS-DOS. Unfortunately, Plus Development does not officially support the use of the HardCard in the Equity computer series, because it has not been formally tested and approved by Plus Development. It has, however, been tested and officially approved by Epson's Vendor support staff. The HardCard is shipped in a partitioned and formatted state, with a number of files included on it. The directory of files is as follows: INSTALL EXE HCD BAT HCD1 BAT HCD2 EXE HCD3 DAT HCD3 DIF HCD6 SCR PREPARE BAT SHELL BAT LIGHT COM SOUND COM PATCHFMT EXE INSTALL DAT 47479 30 128 54769 13440 704 4224 235 18 145 145 12670 425 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 1-01-80 12:06a 12:07a 12:07a 12:07a 12:07a 12:07a 12:07a 12:08a 12:07a 12:07a 12:07a 12:08a 12:06a Page 1 of 3

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EPSON
EPSON
AMERICA INC.
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
PRODUCT
SUPPORT
BULLETIN
DATE:
2/4/87
NUMBER:
S-0002
SUBJECT:
USING THE PLUS DEVELOPMENT "HARDCARD" WITH EQUITY I/II
The Plus Development
"HardCard" is a 20 megabyte fixed disk
mounted on an
expansion
slot
card,
for use in IBM PC/XT and
compatible computers.
The unit employs controller circuitry from
OMTI/Scientific Micro Systems, and uses 2,7 RLL encoding.
The HardCard
has been
found to
be compatible with the Equity I
and II computers,
but there has been some confusion among
customers
who are running through the installation procedures.
This is due to the HardCard's
special
installation procedure
which has been designed
specifically for use with PC-DOS.
Because of certain file name differences between Epson's MS-DOS
and IBM's PC-DOS, the Plus install program will not run using
Equity MS-DOS.
Unfortunately, Plus Development does not officially support the
use of the HardCard in the Equity computer series, because it has
not been formally tested and approved by Plus Development. It
has,
however,
been tested and officially approved by Epson's
Vendor support staff.
The HardCard is shipped in a partitioned and formatted state,
with a number of files included on it.
The directory of files is
as follows:
INSTALL EXE
47479
HCD
BAT
30
HCD1
BAT
128
HCD2
EXE
54769
HCD3
DAT
13440
HCD3
DIF
704
HCD6
SCR
4224
PREPARE BAT
235
SHELL
BAT
18
LIGHT
COM
145
SOUND
COM
145
PATCHFMT EXE
12670
INSTALL DAT
425
1-01-80
12:06a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80
12:08a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80
12:07a
1-01-80 12:07a
1-01-80
12:08a
1-01-80
12:06a
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