Epson Equity II Product Support Bulletin page 46

EPSON AMERICA, INC.
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PSB NO.: S-0027A
SUBJECT: EQUITY II WITH THE EPSON 3.5" FLOPPY DRIVE
The Equity
drive (A112A-AA).
the proper
1. The Equity must be upgraded to MS-DOS 3.2 (Q395A-AA).
The appropriate DRIVPARM command must be added to
2 .
the CONFIG.SYS
parameters for block devices (such as disk drives)
under MS-DOS. While there are a number of switches
to the DRIVPARM command, only two concern us: the
logical drive number and the form factor index. For
example, to set up the drive as B, add the line:
to the CONFIG.SYS file. This establishes it as the
second logical drive with a 720KB form factor index.
The /D: value should be 0 for drive A.
The drive must be physically selected, as well. You
3 .
will find a shorting block designated SS1 on the
drive.
installed on DO. For drive B, install it on D1.
For drive A, use the cable from connector CN9 on
4 .
the main board. For B, use CN10.
For more information on the DRIVPARM command, please refer to
the chapter "Configuring Your System" in the MS-DOS 3.2 manual.
EPSON AMERICA
P S
RODUCT UPPORT
DATE: 6/29/88
has been tested with the Epson 3.5" floppy disk
II
The purpose of this bulletin
procedure for installation
file. This
DRIVPARM = /D:1 /F:2
If installed as A, the jumper should be
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