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EPSON Product Support Bulletin Subject: Proper Method for Running Benchmark and Diagnostics Programs Date: 06/04/93 PSB No: S-0158 Originator: MWT Page(s): 1 of 1 This bulletin describes the proper method for running any benchmark or diagnostics programs. This applies to any computer system.
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March 6. This may result in an inability to access data on the hard disk drive. A virus-free copy of Disk #2 is available on the Epson Product Support RBBS. It is in the EISA File Library and is called REF2_N92.EXE. This file is a self-extracting...
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IBM’s OS/2 2.0 is known to cause failures when used with a display adapter implementing the Western Digital WD90C30 or WD90C31 VGA controller and 1MB or more of VRAM. Note that this is the configuration of the Epson VGA Option Kit display adapter (product code A808941). The symptom is that when OS/2 is installed and the system is rebooted, the OS/2 logo screen is displayed with the message “Loading, please wait..”...
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BIOS version 1.06 (486SX/25 or 486DX/33) or 1.07 (4860X/50), both of which are available from file library BIOS on the Epson BBS. It has been installed on systems with 4MB of RAM as well as with 12MB of RAM.
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The Epson EISA Series consists of both a desktop and a floor-standing or tower chassis, capable of accepting a number of different processor boards. This allows either system to be tailored for exact, specific needs without compromise.
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A. No. Due to the wide range of applications that either system may be used for, Epson decided to let each customer pick their own display system. For example, if the tower unit is being used as a file server, you wouldn’t need the same display capabilities as you would with the desktop unit being used as a CAD/CAM workstation.
DOS, OS/2, UNIX and Novell NetWare. Of course, one additional FDD (either 3.5” or 5.25”) may also be installed. Q. What about backup options? A. The Epson 250MB Tape Backup Unit (TBU) can be used in either system, even if there are two FDDs installed.
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BIOS revision to be installed quickly and easily, without opening the computer. How would I get a BIOS upgrade file? Either from an Epson Customer Care Center or by downloading it from the Product Support Bulletin Board System (BBS) at (310) 782-4531.
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Early in the production cycle, the Windows bundle will be upgraded to version 3.10. Anyone that purchased one of the EISA Series systems after April 6, 1992, that included Windows 3.0a will have an upgrade path from Epson to version 3.10. For details on the upgrade, please call the Customer Support...