Epson Equity Ie Product Support Bulletin page 23

NUMBER: S-0075
Q10.
The hard drive shows a slow data transfer rate. What
causes this?
A. The proper
and a WD1002-WX1 is 5.
HDFMTALL or boot with the reference diskette.
data transfer rate is caused by 8 bit data to 16 bit
data conversion
used in the Equity Ie.
Floppy Drives
What type of floppy drives are used in the Equity Ie?
The Equity Ie uses the Epson (Model SMD-480L) 1/3 height,
3.5", 720Kb floppy drive.
Q12.
Can I install 3rd party, internal floppy drives?
A. Only 3.5", 1/3 height, 720Kb floppy drives should be used.
There is no support for 1.44Mb floppy drives.
Q13. Can I use 3rd party, 5.25", 360Kb
A.
No, the IBM PS/2 Model 30 has an internal floppy drive
connector which is not compatible with the Equity Ie,
no other sources are currently known to offer compatible
external
Q14. What is the maximum number of floppy drives supported?
A. The Equity
is the same as with the IBM PS/2 Model 30.
Is
Q15. it necessary to change any settings after adding a
second floppy disk drive?
A.
No, the ROM BIOS automatically checks the number of
floppy disk drives at boot up, so no special settings
are required.
Options
Q16. Can I install additional serial and parallel port cards?
A.
Only if they can be addressed as LPT2.
ports are fixed as LPT1.
of optional ports are the same as for the built-in ports,
the system ports are automatically disabled by the ROM
BIOS when the system boots up.
Which memory expansion boards can I use?
The Intel Above Board PC and the AST Fastcard Rampage
were tested and found to be compatible.
Q18. What mouse will work in the mouse port?
A. The Equity Ie is PS/2 mouse compatible.
for the PS/2 mouse interface would be compatible.
Microsoft mouse is one that is sold with a PS/2 connector.
The driver that comes with the mouse should be used.
interleave when
necessitated
floppy drives.
Ie
supports up to two floppy drives.
using the Miniscribe
Debug will default to 3.
by the 8086
external
if the I/O addresses
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