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Datatech Enterprises Apex 386SX/20 User Manual (130 pages)
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
5
Chapter 1 System Overview
15
System Overview
15
System Overview
16
Operating System
17
Figure 1-1: Quick Start
18
L-5 Example of a System Configuration
21
Figure 1-2: System Configuration
21
Figure 1-3: System Unit Case
22
L-7 Control Panel
23
Reset Button
23
Turbo Button
23
Indicator Lights
23
Figure 14: Front Panel
23
Figure 1-5: Keylock and Two Security-Lock Keys
24
System Power Switch
25
Figure 1-6: ON/OFF Switch in off Position
25
L-8 Rear Panel
26
Figure 1-7: Rear Panel
26
Figure 1-8: Connecting the Keyboard Cable
27
Keyboard Connector
27
Power Cord Connector
28
Display Port
29
Figure 1-10: Two Kinds of Display Connectors
29
Power Voltage Setting
30
Table 1-1: Power Cord Specifications
30
L-9 Other Peripherals
31
Figure 1-12: System Unit Connected to Peripherals
31
L-10 Disk Drives
32
Figure 1-13: Installing Floppy and Hard Disk Drives
32
Floppy Disks
33
Table 1-2: Floppy Disk Specifications
33
Figure 1-14: Copy Protection for a 3.5" Floppy Disk
34
Figure 1-15: Copy Protection for a 5.25" Floppy Disk
34
Hard Disks
35
L-1 2 Maintaining Your Equipment
37
Chapter 2 Setting up Your System
38
Figure 2-1: Motherboard Layout
40
80386Sx Cpu
41
Math Coprocessor
42
Table 2-1: Math Coprocessor Jumper W9
42
Figure 2-2: the Location of W9,80386SX, and 80387SX
43
Figure 2-3: Chip Insertion
44
Jumper
45
Figure 2-4: an Example of Three-Pin Jumper Setting
45
Onboard System Memory Size
46
Figure 2-5: RAM Banks & Jumpers for Bank Selection
46
Table 2-2: Settings of Jumpers W1- W6
47
Table 2-3: Total Onboard System Memory Size
47
Figure 2-6: 512KB Total Onboard System Memory
48
Figure 2-7: 640KB Total Onboard System Memory
49
Figure 2-8: 1 MB Total Onboard System Memory
50
Figure 2-9: 1.5MB Total Onboard System Memory
51
Figure 2-11: 2MB Total Onboard System Memory
52
Figure 2-12: 3MB Total Onboard System Memory
53
Figure 2-13: 4MB Total Onboard System Memory
54
Figure 2-14: 5MB Total Onboard System Memory
55
ROM BIOS Chips
56
Table 2-4: Jumper Settings for Different Types of BIOS
56
Figure 2-15: Installing ROM
57
2-2 Installation
58
Figure 2-16: Unpacking Your Main System
58
2-3 Connection to Power Supply
59
Figure 2-17: Connecting to a Power Supply
59
Table 2-5: Power Supply Pinouts
60
Chapter 3 Operating Your System
61
Operating Your System
62
3-1 an Introduction to DOS
63
Loading DOS
63
System Messages
63
3-2 DOS Operations
64
Starting MS-DOS
64
Formatting Disks
65
Backing up Your Diskettes and Files
66
Deleting Your Diskettes and Files
67
Finding out What Is on Your Disk
68
3-3 Hard Disk Drive Format
69
Step 1 - Preformat
69
Step 2 - Partition
69
Step 3 - Format
70
3-4 Helpful Hints
71
3-5 System Setup Program
72
Entering the Setup Program
73
Figure 3-1: Initial Screen
74
Running the Setup Program
75
Figure 3-2: "Set up System Configuration" Screen
76
Figure 3-3: "Preformat Hard Disk" Screen
77
Figure 3-4: Calculator
78
Figure 3-5: "NEAT Chip Setup Configuration" Screen
79
Chapter 4 Keyboard
80
Figure 4-1: Keyboard Layout
82
4-2 Getting Acquainted with Your Keyboard
83
Function Keys
83
Numeric Keypad
83
Figure 4-2: Function Keys
83
Figure 4-3: Numeric Keypad
83
Mode Indicator Lights
85
Special Keys
86
Figure 4-5: Special Keys
86
Table 4-2: Functions of Special Keys
86
QWERTY Keys
87
Figure 4-6: QWERTY Keys
87
Table 4-3: Functions of Special QWERTY Keys
87
Cursor Keys
88
Key Combinations
88
Figure 4-7: Cursor Keys
88
Table 4-4: Special Functions
88
4-3 Keyboard Tilt Adjustment
89
Figure 4-8: Adjustment of Keyboard Angles
89
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
90
5-L Command Problems
92
5-2 System Error Messages
94
Examples of System Error Messages
95
5-3 System BIOS Error Messages
96
Chapter 6 Appendix
98
6-1 Installing Disk Drives
100
5.25" Disk Drives
100
Figure 6-1: Installing a 5.25" Disk Drive
100
Figure 6-2: Screwing the 5.25" Disk Drives
101
Figure 6-3: Connecting a Floppy Disk Drive
102
Figure 6-4: Connecting a Floppy Disk Drive to an FDC Card
102
Figure 6-5: Connecting a Hard Disk Drive
103
Figure 6-7: Cables for Disk Drives
104
3.5" Disk Drives
105
Figure 6-8: Installing a 3.5" Disk Drive
105
Figure 6-9: Screwing the 3.5" Disk Drives
106
Entering 20Mhz Turbo Mode
107
Softwareturbo Switch
107
Hardware Turbo Switch
107
Alternate Use of both Switches
107
Software 1
107
Software
108
Shadow RAM Enable
108
EMS Driver Setup
108
6-4 Quick Reference for Jumper Settings
112
Moving Your Computer and Peripherals
114
Short Move
114
Long Move
114
6-6 Technical Information
115
Microprocessor
115
Protected Virtual Address Mode
115
Real Address Mode
116
System Timers
116
Table 6 -1: Channel 0
116
System Interrupts
117
Table 6-4: Interrupt Level Assignment
117
ROM Subsystem
118
RAM Subsystem
118
Direct Memory Access
119
Table 6-5: DMA Channels
119
Table 6-6: I/O Hex Address
120
Table 6-7: DMA Channel 3 through 0
120
I/O Channel Slots
121
Math Coprocessor Control
122
Figure 6-11: 36-Pin Expansion Bus I/O Channels
122
Chapter 7 Glossary
123
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