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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. It was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. It was able to be used ...drives could be used as high density (1.2M and 1.44M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. The Equity II was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be totally incompatible with the OmniBridge controller. Product Support Bulletin Subject...
Equity I Equity II Equity III Equity I + Equity le Comments The Equity I + was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. It was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. It was able to be used ...drives could be used as high density (1.2M and 1.44M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. The Equity II was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The external drives could be totally incompatible with the OmniBridge controller. Product Support Bulletin Subject...
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...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 able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The Epson APEX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller... (1.2M and 1.44M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. It was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III + was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The external drives could be used as high ...
...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 able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The Epson APEX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller... (1.2M and 1.44M) or normal (360K and 720K) disk drives. It was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller. The Equity III + was able to support one or two external disk drives (daisychained) together. The external drives could be used as high ...
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Description Status read is latched. Standard configuration. Required for this configuration. Standard configuration. Primary address selected. HDD Controller WD1003-WAH (16-bit) Model number FACTORY SETTINGS Connection of J6 Orange wire Blue wire Red wire Required for this configuration. 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.
Description Status read is latched. Standard configuration. Required for this configuration. Standard configuration. Primary address selected. HDD Controller WD1003-WAH (16-bit) Model number FACTORY SETTINGS Connection of J6 Orange wire Blue wire Red wire Required for this configuration. 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.
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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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... also provided. O1.......Page 4 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. Index Equity I MRS board and Equity II MCY board used for configuring the computers for third party keyboards and for enabling an 8087 math coprocessor. O2.......Page 4 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442075000 Page 5 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442076000 Page 5 Equity III Main Board Dip-switch configuration....Page 6 EPSON AMERICA SERVICE, 23610 TEL0...
... also provided. O1.......Page 4 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442071000 Rev. Index Equity I MRS board and Equity II MCY board used for configuring the computers for third party keyboards and for enabling an 8087 math coprocessor. O2.......Page 4 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442075000 Page 5 Equity II MCY Board P/N Y1442076000 Page 5 Equity III Main Board Dip-switch configuration....Page 6 EPSON AMERICA SERVICE, 23610 TEL0...
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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. ----- EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147201000 REV. 00 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS Reset Dip Switch JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS Vol.
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...% faster in position 2 to enable DMA RAM refresh to disable DMA RAM refresh. Non-Epson keyboards cannot be in position 1 to the option slots for expanded memory boards or EGA/VGA video boards. Reset Dip Switch Vol. EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147201000 REV. 01 & 02 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS MCY board Y147201000 revision 01 and...
...% faster in position 2 to enable DMA RAM refresh to disable DMA RAM refresh. Non-Epson keyboards cannot be in position 1 to the option slots for expanded memory boards or EGA/VGA video boards. Reset Dip Switch Vol. EQUITY II MCY BOARD Y147201000 REV. 01 & 02 JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS MCY board Y147201000 revision 01 and...
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...and J4 should be in position 1 to use an IBM compatible keyboard. * J3 and J4 should be in position 1 to the option slots for the Equity II keyboard. Keyboard I JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS * J1 and J2 should be in this position. ation of 6 ----- The V30 runs about 20% faster in position ... boards have the following improvements over the Y147205000 board. * Serial port works over 1200 baud. * Concurrent oper- NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE EPSON KEYBOARD WITH JUMPERS J3 AND J4 IN POSITION 1 AS DAMAGE MAY RESULT! ----- Page 5 of 8087 & optional Dynamic RAM or EGA/VGA. * Topview ...
...and J4 should be in position 1 to use an IBM compatible keyboard. * J3 and J4 should be in position 1 to the option slots for the Equity II keyboard. Keyboard I JUMPER CONFIGURATIONS * J1 and J2 should be in this position. ation of 6 ----- The V30 runs about 20% faster in position ... boards have the following improvements over the Y147205000 board. * Serial port works over 1200 baud. * Concurrent oper- NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE EPSON KEYBOARD WITH JUMPERS J3 AND J4 IN POSITION 1 AS DAMAGE MAY RESULT! ----- Page 5 of 8087 & optional Dynamic RAM or EGA/VGA. * Topview ...
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... No 12MHz Yes - FDC CAN COMPUTER BE HOW DISABLED Equity I + Yes CPU Brd - Switch 2-3 off Equity I No Equity II No Equity III Yes CPU Board - Jumper 2 in Position B Apex Yes Motherboard - Remove Jumper El Apex Plus No EPSON AMERICA SERVICE, 23610 TEL0 AVENUE, TORRANCE, CALIF. 90505 Jumper 2 in Position B Equity III+ Yes Multi-function Board - SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN...
... No 12MHz Yes - FDC CAN COMPUTER BE HOW DISABLED Equity I + Yes CPU Brd - Switch 2-3 off Equity I No Equity II No Equity III Yes CPU Board - Jumper 2 in Position B Apex Yes Motherboard - Remove Jumper El Apex Plus No EPSON AMERICA SERVICE, 23610 TEL0 AVENUE, TORRANCE, CALIF. 90505 Jumper 2 in Position B Equity III+ Yes Multi-function Board - SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN...
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... Quadram Corporation AST Research AST Research AST Research Q8. What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity I and Equity II? PSB No: S-0047C Page: 3 of 6 Q6. The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity I +: 64/256KB Expansion Option Above Board PC (1985) Fastcard IV (1.6) IBM Intel Corporation Thesys Q9. A. A. A. What memory...
... Quadram Corporation AST Research AST Research AST Research Q8. What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity I and Equity II? PSB No: S-0047C Page: 3 of 6 Q6. The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity I +: 64/256KB Expansion Option Above Board PC (1985) Fastcard IV (1.6) IBM Intel Corporation Thesys Q9. A. A. A. What memory...
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... SlMMs are compatible with the 12MHz models of the Equity II + and Equity Ill +. You can be accomplished by Epson in the Equity 386/20 can also use third party memory expansion boards such as compatible with the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (10MHz models)? The following boards have ...Will run at 8MHz, not at 10MHt. RM board. What memory expansion boards are available from Epson America. They 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 Systems Intel ...
... SlMMs are compatible with the 12MHz models of the Equity II + and Equity Ill +. You can be accomplished by Epson in the Equity 386/20 can also use third party memory expansion boards such as compatible with the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (10MHz models)? The following boards have ...Will run at 8MHz, not at 10MHt. RM board. What memory expansion boards are available from Epson America. They 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 Systems Intel ...
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...anything that should be disabled to be kept in their installation programs. Q19. DESQview). Yes, when installing the memory boards in the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (12MHz models), remember that allow you to disable some of the computer's conventional memory and the use the memory on ...chip speed to 256K and 512K. Which Epson computers have jumpers on the system memory boards to be used as DESQview? A. If the CPU speed is a function of many expanded memory boards which allows a portion of 6 Q17. The Equity II+ and Equity Ill + have memory settings that the...
...anything that should be disabled to be kept in their installation programs. Q19. DESQview). Yes, when installing the memory boards in the Equity II + and Equity Ill + (12MHz models), remember that allow you to disable some of the computer's conventional memory and the use the memory on ...chip speed to 256K and 512K. Which Epson computers have jumpers on the system memory boards to be used as DESQview? A. If the CPU speed is a function of many expanded memory boards which allows a portion of 6 Q17. The Equity II+ and Equity Ill + have memory settings that the...
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... explicit ROM BIOS support which is possible, however, to the keyboard and Equity main board. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 3/28/88 NUMBER: S-0041 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY I : Equity II: J2 and J3 jumpered J3, J4 and J5 set for non-Epson keyboards are: Equity I /II/III ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information...
... explicit ROM BIOS support which is possible, however, to the keyboard and Equity main board. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE: 3/28/88 NUMBER: S-0041 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY I : Equity II: J2 and J3 jumpered J3, J4 and J5 set for non-Epson keyboards are: Equity I /II/III ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information...
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... is to set with the SETUP utility program. Select REAL-TIME CLOCK. 3. EXIT to upgrade. This problem does not exist with the Equity II and Equity III personal computers. On March 1, 1988 we discovered that the system date did not handle the February 29th "leap day" change correctly to ... 3/2/88 SUBJECT: LEAP YEAR / MS-DOS 3.1 DATE CHANGE NUMBER: S-0037 This bulletin describes a problem identified in the RTC's CMOS RAM one . 4. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. As you may have guessed, MS-DOS 3.1 did not change correctly. The easiest method of 1 When MS-DOS 3.1 retrieves the date from the...
... is to set with the SETUP utility program. Select REAL-TIME CLOCK. 3. EXIT to upgrade. This problem does not exist with the Equity II and Equity III personal computers. On March 1, 1988 we discovered that the system date did not handle the February 29th "leap day" change correctly to ... 3/2/88 SUBJECT: LEAP YEAR / MS-DOS 3.1 DATE CHANGE NUMBER: S-0037 This bulletin describes a problem identified in the RTC's CMOS RAM one . 4. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. As you may have guessed, MS-DOS 3.1 did not change correctly. The easiest method of 1 When MS-DOS 3.1 retrieves the date from the...
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... 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 or the Equity III. * Manzana Microsystems Inc. offers a 3.5", 720KB floppy disk drive which is not compatible with the Equity I The Epson 3.5" floppy disk drive is compatible with the Equity III computer when...
... 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 or the Equity III. * Manzana Microsystems Inc. offers a 3.5", 720KB floppy disk drive which is not compatible with the Equity I The Epson 3.5" floppy disk drive is compatible with the Equity III computer when...
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...3Five driver software which permits the use of existing internal drives. Manzana provides a variety of DOS from 2.xx on : Equity III I Tested On: Equity III *- The MUX Adapter Card does not affect the use of any version of 3.5" floppy disk drive systems. PRODUCT NAME ... 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 . Santa Cruz Operations 400 Encinal St. P.O. Box 1900 Santa Cruz, Ca....
...3Five driver software which permits the use of existing internal drives. Manzana provides a variety of DOS from 2.xx on : Equity III I Tested On: Equity III *- The MUX Adapter Card does not affect the use of any version of 3.5" floppy disk drive systems. PRODUCT NAME ... 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 . Santa Cruz Operations 400 Encinal St. P.O. Box 1900 Santa Cruz, Ca....
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... only FDD compatible with the Equity II. This is correct. As a result, an AT-type drive will work erratically (if at all). Epson Q520A-AA (360 KB)l Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson A112A-AA (720 KB, 3.5") Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q911A-AA (1.2 MB)2 Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q212A-AA (1.2 MB) Epson A112A-AA (720 KB...
... only FDD compatible with the Equity II. This is correct. As a result, an AT-type drive will work erratically (if at all). Epson Q520A-AA (360 KB)l Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson A112A-AA (720 KB, 3.5") Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q911A-AA (1.2 MB)2 Epson Q213A-AA (360 KB) Epson Q212A-AA (1.2 MB) Epson A112A-AA (720 KB...
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... 3Com's Application Note for use with all hardware topologies - Workstation compatible. * * Equity II has limited server capability; They have verified correct operation with the Etherlink and Etherlink+ networks, as follows: * Equity I + and III+. Standard Microsystems Corporation Finally, SMC has certified their ArcNet Network Controller Boards* on the..., PC200, PC300 -- Rev. We are uploading a copy of 3 a 3Com Etherlink/Etherlink+ 3Com Corporation has certified the entire Equity series for the Equity II to read and/or download it. intended primarily as a server.
... 3Com's Application Note for use with all hardware topologies - Workstation compatible. * * Equity II has limited server capability; They have verified correct operation with the Etherlink and Etherlink+ networks, as follows: * Equity I + and III+. Standard Microsystems Corporation Finally, SMC has certified their ArcNet Network Controller Boards* on the..., PC200, PC300 -- Rev. We are uploading a copy of 3 a 3Com Etherlink/Etherlink+ 3Com Corporation has certified the entire Equity series for the Equity II to read and/or download it. intended primarily as a server.
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...to the subdirectory indicated by [path]. 6. 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. 4. At the A> prompt, type REPLACE A:\*.* C:\ /S and press... Product Code Q390A-AA - $85.00 retail. Remove the MS-DOS diskette and insert the GW-BASIC diskette into drive A. 2. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. This software is powered up, press RESET. Put the original diskettes in steps 4 and 5 as A>, will replace the...
...to the subdirectory indicated by [path]. 6. 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. 4. At the A> prompt, type REPLACE A:\*.* C:\ /S and press... Product Code Q390A-AA - $85.00 retail. Remove the MS-DOS diskette and insert the GW-BASIC diskette into drive A. 2. EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC. This software is powered up, press RESET. Put the original diskettes in steps 4 and 5 as A>, will replace the...
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... a general statement on software support. Page 1 of the Equity It and III+, Epson brought out an enhanced keyboard design - very similar to the enhanced keyboard introduced by IBM on an Equity -'I and II did not support any that once the above jumper changes have... and ask about the enhanced keyboard. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT DATE: 6/8/87 NUMBER: S-0012 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of the Equity I , II or III. With the introduction of 1 If you experience difficulties with IBM's) requires explicit ROM BIOS support. Keyboard...
... a general statement on software support. Page 1 of the Equity It and III+, Epson brought out an enhanced keyboard design - very similar to the enhanced keyboard introduced by IBM on an Equity -'I and II did not support any that once the above jumper changes have... and ask about the enhanced keyboard. SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT DATE: 6/8/87 NUMBER: S-0012 SUBJECT: EPSON EQUITY ENHANCED KEYBOARD COMPATIBILITY The purpose of the Equity I , II or III. With the introduction of 1 If you experience difficulties with IBM's) requires explicit ROM BIOS support. Keyboard...