Epson Equity II Product Support Bulletin page 77

NUMBER:
S-0001C
*****IMPORTANT**************IMPORTANT **++****+**+*+++++IMpQRTANT*****
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ALWAYS FORMAT THE HDD WITH THE SAME VERSION CONTROLLER
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BOARD AND HDC CPU FIRMWARE VERSION IT WILL BE USED
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NOT
IT IS
UPGRADED AS LONG AS THE SAME FIRMWARE CPU
FOR LOW LEVEL FORMATTING:
1. EQUITY I/II
See PSB
procedure using software which is included with each system.
2. EQUITY III
a. Run PFORMAT - Enter bad tracks - Time approx. 5 minutes.
b. Run HDFMTALL - Time approx. 8 minutes.
Run HDPART - Time approx. 2 minutes.
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d. Run HDFORMAT - Time approx. 5 minutes.
3. EQUITY
III+
Notes:
Early production
1.
upgraded with the CAC version VF0 SUB-board to operate
with a hard drive.
2. Equity I, DOS ver. 2.11 problem - Bad sector information
erased when
Corrected in DOS version 2.2 (MSA-B3) and 2.21 (MSA-B4).
3. Equity I/II - HDFMTALL erases bad sector information.
Delete HDFMTALL from the system disk.
HARD DISK FORMATTING
NECESSARY TO REFORMAT
F O R M A T
# S-0005 titled
F O R M A T
- See Product
Equity
I
HDFORMAT (MS-DOS
INFORMATION
THE ROM
IF
Equity HDD
I/II
Support Bulletin
units without HDD
utility) executes
5 of 5
PAGE:
WITH.
BIOS IS
USED.
IS
intialization
# S-0006
must be
S
formatting.
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