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EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 08/25/87 SUBJECT: Equity Series Compatibility Certifications NUMBER: S-0016 Recently, four leading vendors of communications products have issued certifications of compatibility for the Epson Equity series of PCS. The products range from local-area networking to multi-user applications to micro-tomainframe connectivity. Arnet Corporation Arnet Corporation produces multi-user expansion boards that allow terminals to be connected to PCs using multi-user operating systems. They have certified the Equity I+ and III+ for use with their products. A typical configuration would be an Equity III+ host, the Xenix operating system, an Arnet Multiport Multi-8 board and cabling to connect other PCs (such as the Equity I+) or standard ASCII terminals. Other compatible operating systems include Microport Unix, Theos, BOS, PC MOS and Others. The Arnet Twin port offers 2 serial ports for smaller installations. The Multiport board is available in Multi-4 or Multi-8 configurations, and the Multi-4 can be upgraded; The Smartport is an intelligent version of the Multiport that uses the 80186 processor to handle heavy data transfer. The Smartport is compatible only with the Equity III+. I lConfirmation o f Compatibility1 IArnet Product 1 E q u i t y I t 1 E q u i t y III+ 1 * Smartport is compatible only with AT type systems IDEAssociates, Incorporated Offering a wide range of micro-to-mainframe and other connectivity and enhancement products, IDEAssociates has certified the Equity It and III+ for use with their 327x and 525x mainframe products (both bisync and SNA/SDLC), their async 1200 baud modem, plus their range of hard disk and tape drives and memory products. Page 1 of 3

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EPSON
EPSON AMERICA
INC.
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
PRODUCT
SUPPORT
BULLETIN
DATE: 08/25/87
SUBJECT: Equity Series Compatibility Certifications
NUMBER: S-0016
Recently, four leading vendors of communications products have issued
certifications of compatibility for the Epson Equity series of PCS. The products
range from local-area networking to multi-user applications to micro-to-
mainframe connectivity.
Arnet Corporation
Arnet Corporation produces multi-user expansion boards that allow terminals to
be connected to PCs using multi-user operating systems. They have certified
the Equity
I+
and
III+
for use with their products.
A typical configuration would be an Equity
III+
host, the Xenix operating
system, an Arnet Multiport Multi-8 board and cabling to connect other PCs
(such as the Equity I+) or standard
ASCII
terminals. Other compatible
operating systems include Microport Unix, Theos, BOS, PC MOS and Others.
The Arnet Twin port offers 2 serial ports for smaller installations. The
Multiport board is available in Multi-4 or Multi-8 configurations, and the
Multi-4 can be upgraded; The Smartport is an intelligent version of the
Multiport that uses the 80186 processor to handle heavy data transfer. The
Smartport is compatible only with the Equity
III+.
II
lConfirmation
of
Compatibility1
IArnet
Product
1
Equity
It
1
Equity
III+
1
* Smartport is compatible only with AT type systems
IDEAssociates,
Incorporated
Offering a wide range of micro-to-mainframe and other connectivity and
enhancement products, IDEAssociates has certified the Equity
It
and
III+
for
use with their 327x and 525x mainframe products (both bisync
and
SNA/SDLC),
their async 1200 baud modem, plus their range of hard disk
and
tape drives
and memory products.
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