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Equity I Equity II Equity III Equity I + Equity le Comments The Equity I + was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be used as a high density (1.2Mb and 1.44Mb) or normal (360K and 720K) disk ... compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be used as high density (1.2M and 1.44M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. The Equity II was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together.
Equity I Equity II Equity III Equity I + Equity le Comments The Equity I + was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be used as a high density (1.2Mb and 1.44Mb) or normal (360K and 720K) disk ... compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be used as high density (1.2M and 1.44M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. The Equity II was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together.
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... or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The Equity 386/20 was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. 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. The external...be used as high density (1.2M and 144M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. The Epson APEX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III + was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be used as high density ...
... or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The Equity 386/20 was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. 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. The external...be used as high density (1.2M and 144M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. The Epson APEX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III + was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be used as high density ...
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Model Equity III Equity II + Equity III + Pin 1 of LED indicator cable : Jumper W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 Position 1 to 2 No jumper * No jumper 2 to 3 2 to 3 2 to 3 * No jumper pins. Primary address selected. Required for this configuration. Description Status read is latched. Standard configuration. Standard configuration. Required for this configuration. HDD Controller WD1003-WAH (16-bit) Model number FACTORY SETTINGS Connection of J6 Orange wire Blue wire Red wire
Model Equity III Equity II + Equity III + Pin 1 of LED indicator cable : Jumper W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 Position 1 to 2 No jumper * No jumper 2 to 3 2 to 3 2 to 3 * No jumper pins. Primary address selected. Required for this configuration. Description Status read is latched. Standard configuration. Standard configuration. Required for this configuration. HDD Controller WD1003-WAH (16-bit) Model number FACTORY SETTINGS Connection of J6 Orange wire Blue wire Red wire
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Connection of LED indicator cable : Model Equity III Equity II + Equity III + Pin 1 of J4 Orange wire Blue wire Red wire W2 Center to 2 Primary base address. HDD Controller WD1002-WAH (16-bit) FACTORY SETTINGS Jumper Position Description Model number -~ j W1 1 to NL HDD activity LED only lights when the controller accesses the drive.
Connection of LED indicator cable : Model Equity III Equity II + Equity III + Pin 1 of J4 Orange wire Blue wire Red wire W2 Center to 2 Primary base address. HDD Controller WD1002-WAH (16-bit) FACTORY SETTINGS Jumper Position Description Model number -~ j W1 1 to NL HDD activity LED only lights when the controller accesses the drive.
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... an 8087 math coprocessor. OO.......Page 3 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. EPSON AMERICA, INC. It also describes the various releases of 6 SUBJECT: EQUITY I, II AND III MAIN BOARD JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS This bulletin describes the jumper locations and settings on the Equity I MRS Board jumpers Page 2 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. O1.......Page 4 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. SERVICE...
... an 8087 math coprocessor. OO.......Page 3 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. EPSON AMERICA, INC. It also describes the various releases of 6 SUBJECT: EQUITY I, II AND III MAIN BOARD JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS This bulletin describes the jumper locations and settings on the Equity I MRS Board jumpers Page 2 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. O1.......Page 4 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. SERVICE...
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EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147201000 REV. 00 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS Reset Dip Switch JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS Vol. Page 3 of 6 ----- The board is hard-wired to provide RAM refresh to the option slots. * An 8087 coprocessor cannot be used. * There is no jumpers on this version board. Keyboard * There are no provision for using alternate keyboards. -----
EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147201000 REV. 00 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS Reset Dip Switch JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS Vol. Page 3 of 6 ----- The board is hard-wired to provide RAM refresh to the option slots. * An 8087 coprocessor cannot be used. * There is no jumpers on this version board. Keyboard * There are no provision for using alternate keyboards. -----
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...-2 enabled on Rev. 01 MCY board. * J3 and J4 are not available on MCY (main) board. EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147201000 REV. 01 & 02 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS MCY board Y147201000 revision 01 and 02 differences. Non-Epson keyboards cannot be in position 1 to the option slots for expanded memory boards or EGA/VGA video...
...-2 enabled on Rev. 01 MCY board. * J3 and J4 are not available on MCY (main) board. EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147201000 REV. 01 & 02 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS MCY board Y147201000 revision 01 and 02 differences. Non-Epson keyboards cannot be in position 1 to the option slots for expanded memory boards or EGA/VGA video...
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... slots for the Equity II keyboard. On Batt Off Reset Dip Switch Vol. Keyboard I JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS * J1 and J2 should be in position 2 (default) for expanded memory boards or EGA/VGA video boards. NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE EPSON KEYBOARD WITH JUMPERS ... ----- MCY P/N Y147206000 boards have the following improvements over the Y147205000 board. * Serial port works over 1200 baud. * Concurrent oper- EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147205000 & Y147206000 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS MCY board Y147205000 and Y1472056000 differences. The jumpers must be in position 1 to enable an 8087 with...
... slots for the Equity II keyboard. On Batt Off Reset Dip Switch Vol. Keyboard I JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS * J1 and J2 should be in position 2 (default) for expanded memory boards or EGA/VGA video boards. NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE EPSON KEYBOARD WITH JUMPERS ... ----- MCY P/N Y147206000 boards have the following improvements over the Y147205000 board. * Serial port works over 1200 baud. * Concurrent oper- EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147205000 & Y147206000 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS MCY board Y147205000 and Y1472056000 differences. The jumpers must be in position 1 to enable an 8087 with...
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... Jumper El Apex Plus No EPSON AMERICA SERVICE, 23610 TEL0 AVENUE, TORRANCE, CALIF. 90505 EPSON EPSON AMERICA, INC. FDC CAN COMPUTER BE HOW DISABLED Equity I + Yes CPU Brd - Jumper 2 in Position B Equity II+ Multi-function Board 1OMHz No 12MHz Yes - Jumper 1 in Position B Equity III+ Yes Multi-function Board - Switch 2-3 off Equity I No Equity II No Equity III Yes CPU Board - Jumper 2 in...
... Jumper El Apex Plus No EPSON AMERICA SERVICE, 23610 TEL0 AVENUE, TORRANCE, CALIF. 90505 EPSON EPSON AMERICA, INC. FDC CAN COMPUTER BE HOW DISABLED Equity I + Yes CPU Brd - Jumper 2 in Position B Equity II+ Multi-function Board 1OMHz No 12MHz Yes - Jumper 1 in Position B Equity III+ Yes Multi-function Board - Switch 2-3 off Equity I No Equity II No Equity III Yes CPU Board - Jumper 2 in...
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... boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity Ill: Grande Byte Intel Above Board AT Liberty AT AST Advantage AST Rampage AT AST Ramvantage STB Systems Intel Corporation Quadram Corporation AST Research AST Research AST Research Q8. What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity I and Equity II? A. What memory expansion boards are...
... boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity Ill: Grande Byte Intel Above Board AT Liberty AT AST Advantage AST Rampage AT AST Ramvantage STB Systems Intel Corporation Quadram Corporation AST Research AST Research AST Research Q8. What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity I and Equity II? A. What memory expansion boards are...
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... SlMMs are sold in 1Mb kits and the 1Mb SlMMs are compatible with the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (10MHz models)? You can be accomplished by Epson in - A. The following boards have been tested by adding SlMMs (single in the Equity II + and Equity III + (12MHz models): Rampage 286 Plus Elite 16 Above Board Plus AST Research Profit...
... SlMMs are sold in 1Mb kits and the 1Mb SlMMs are compatible with the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (10MHz models)? You can be accomplished by Epson in - A. The following boards have been tested by adding SlMMs (single in the Equity II + and Equity III + (12MHz models): Rampage 286 Plus Elite 16 Above Board Plus AST Research Profit...
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... Epson computers have jumpers on the memory expansion boards? Yes, if the CPU speed is 12MHz. For example, the Intel Above Board 288 and Above Board Plus allow backfill. In certain situations, you to install on the system memory boards to be used as DESQview? A. The Equity I +, Equity II + and Equity ...be kept in mind during the installation procedure for determining the chip speed to set up the bus speed and chip speed in the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (12MHz models), remember that the bus speed is 8MHz or less, use 120ns RAM chips. Yes, when installing the ...
... Epson computers have jumpers on the memory expansion boards? Yes, if the CPU speed is 12MHz. For example, the Intel Above Board 288 and Above Board Plus allow backfill. In certain situations, you to install on the system memory boards to be used as DESQview? A. The Equity I +, Equity II + and Equity ...be kept in mind during the installation procedure for determining the chip speed to set up the bus speed and chip speed in the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (12MHz models), remember that the bus speed is 8MHz or less, use 120ns RAM chips. Yes, when installing the ...
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... such as with the Equity I , II or III. The enhanced Equity keyboard (as the IBM XT-101, NorthGate C/T-101, Datadesk Turbo-101, Keytronics 101, 5150 and 5151. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 3/28/88 NUMBER: S-0041 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY I/II/III ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of 1 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. Keyboard Compatibility The enhanced Equity "Plus" series keyboard cannot...
... such as with the Equity I , II or III. The enhanced Equity keyboard (as the IBM XT-101, NorthGate C/T-101, Datadesk Turbo-101, Keytronics 101, 5150 and 5151. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 3/28/88 NUMBER: S-0041 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY I/II/III ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of 1 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. Keyboard Compatibility The enhanced Equity "Plus" series keyboard cannot...
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...When MS-DOS 3.1 retrieves the date from the RTC it is to the current date + one day ahead as 02-29-1988. Both the Equity II and Equity III use a Real Time Clock/Calendar with MS-DOS version 3.2 should the customer decide to 3-1-1988, but indicated 2-29-1988. EXIT to retain ...5. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. On March 1, 1988 we discovered that the system date did not handle the February 29th "leap day" change correctly to upgrade. As you may have guessed, MS-DOS 3.1 did not change correctly. The easiest method of 1 Set the DATE to set with the Equity II and Equity III personal ...
...When MS-DOS 3.1 retrieves the date from the RTC it is to the current date + one day ahead as 02-29-1988. Both the Equity II and Equity III use a Real Time Clock/Calendar with MS-DOS version 3.2 should the customer decide to 3-1-1988, but indicated 2-29-1988. EXIT to retain ...5. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. On March 1, 1988 we discovered that the system date did not handle the February 29th "leap day" change correctly to upgrade. As you may have guessed, MS-DOS 3.1 did not change correctly. The easiest method of 1 Set the DATE to set with the Equity II and Equity III personal ...
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.... Apex No special setup required Equity I Not supported Equity II 1 Must include DRIVPARM = /D:1 /F:2 in CONFIG.SYSI Equity III Not supported* Equity I+ No special setup required Equity II+ No special setup required I 1 Equity III+ 1 No special setup required I The Epson 3.5" floppy disk drive is compatible with the Equity III computer when used with the Equity I or the Equity III. * Manzana Microsystems Inc. EPSON EPSON AMERICA, INC. Please refer to...
.... Apex No special setup required Equity I Not supported Equity II 1 Must include DRIVPARM = /D:1 /F:2 in CONFIG.SYSI Equity III Not supported* Equity I+ No special setup required Equity II+ No special setup required I 1 Equity III+ 1 No special setup required I The Epson 3.5" floppy disk drive is compatible with the Equity III computer when used with the Equity I or the Equity III. * Manzana Microsystems Inc. EPSON EPSON AMERICA, INC. Please refer to...
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The MUX Adapter Card does not affect the use of any version of DOS from 2.xx on : Equity III I Tested On: Equity III *- It also allows the Manzana external drive to mimic the "B" drive. Santa Cruz Operations 400 Encinal St. P.O. Box 2117 ... (Requires MUX Card) I 720 KB Internal I 1.44 MB External (Requires MUX Card) 1.44 MB External II (Requires MUX Card) 1.44 MB Internal I Tested on: Equity II, III Tested On: Equity II, III Tested on: Equity II, III Tested on: Equity III I Tested on . Manzana provides a variety of existing internal drives. Box 1900 Santa Cruz, Ca. 95061 (...
The MUX Adapter Card does not affect the use of any version of DOS from 2.xx on : Equity III I Tested On: Equity III *- It also allows the Manzana external drive to mimic the "B" drive. Santa Cruz Operations 400 Encinal St. P.O. Box 2117 ... (Requires MUX Card) I 720 KB Internal I 1.44 MB External (Requires MUX Card) 1.44 MB External II (Requires MUX Card) 1.44 MB Internal I Tested on: Equity II, III Tested On: Equity II, III Tested on: Equity II, III Tested on: Equity III I Tested on . Manzana provides a variety of existing internal drives. Box 1900 Santa Cruz, Ca. 95061 (...
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...Epson A112A-AA (720 KB, 3.5") Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q212A-AA (1.2 MB) Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q212A-AA (1.2 MB) Epson A112A-AA (720 KB, 3.5") 1 - One of 1 SUBJECT: EQUITY COMPUTERS AND FLOPPY DISK DRIVES There is the only FDD compatible with which FDDs will overcome this situation. Also on the Equity II... S-0001). EPSON EPSON AMERICA, INC. This is still some confusion regarding which Equity. SERVICE PSB NO.: S-0017A PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 6/29/88 PAGE: 1 of the problems is correct. Here is the only 1.2 MB FDD compatible with the Equity II. This is...
...Epson A112A-AA (720 KB, 3.5") Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q212A-AA (1.2 MB) Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q212A-AA (1.2 MB) Epson A112A-AA (720 KB, 3.5") 1 - One of 1 SUBJECT: EQUITY COMPUTERS AND FLOPPY DISK DRIVES There is the only FDD compatible with which FDDs will overcome this situation. Also on the Equity II... S-0001). EPSON EPSON AMERICA, INC. This is still some confusion regarding which Equity. SERVICE PSB NO.: S-0017A PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 6/29/88 PAGE: 1 of the problems is correct. Here is the only 1.2 MB FDD compatible with the Equity II. This is...
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They have verified correct operation with the Etherlink and Etherlink+ networks, as follows: * Equity I + and III+. 3Com Etherlink/Etherlink+ 3Com Corporation has certified the entire Equity series for the Equity II to read and/or download it. bus, star, and fiber optic. Standard Microsystems Corporation Finally, SMC has certified their ArcNet Network Controller Boards* on the...
They have verified correct operation with the Etherlink and Etherlink+ networks, as follows: * Equity I + and III+. 3Com Etherlink/Etherlink+ 3Com Corporation has certified the entire Equity series for the Equity II to read and/or download it. bus, star, and fiber optic. Standard Microsystems Corporation Finally, SMC has certified their ArcNet Network Controller Boards* on the...
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... wish to an existing hard disk system. 1. It can be C>.) 9. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. If not, turn the system on hard drive systems currently using earlier revisions of MS-DOS 3.2 for Equity I, Equity II and Equity III systems. Also included are instructions for use with the message, SYSTEM TRANSFERRED. ...has been certified for installing MS-DOS 3.2 on . 3. Page 1 of the new MS-DOS 3.2 files to upgrade their system. The Equity I , Equity II and Equity III. This will now be ordered under Product Code Q390A-AA - $85.00 retail. Insert the MS-DOS 3.2 diskette into drive A. 7. ...
... wish to an existing hard disk system. 1. It can be C>.) 9. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. If not, turn the system on hard drive systems currently using earlier revisions of MS-DOS 3.2 for Equity I, Equity II and Equity III systems. Also included are instructions for use with the message, SYSTEM TRANSFERRED. ...has been certified for installing MS-DOS 3.2 on . 3. Page 1 of the new MS-DOS 3.2 files to upgrade their system. The Equity I , Equity II and Equity III. This will now be ordered under Product Code Q390A-AA - $85.00 retail. Insert the MS-DOS 3.2 diskette into drive A. 7. ...
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... third party keyboards.) The correct jumper settings for non-Epson keyboards are: Equity I , II or III. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT DATE: 6/8/87 NUMBER: S-0012 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of this support; The enhanced keyboard (as with the Equity family of the Equity I and II did not support any that once the above jumper...
... third party keyboards.) The correct jumper settings for non-Epson keyboards are: Equity I , II or III. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT DATE: 6/8/87 NUMBER: S-0012 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of this support; The enhanced keyboard (as with the Equity family of the Equity I and II did not support any that once the above jumper...