Ram Memory - Epson Equity IIe Product Support Bulletin

Q18. Will the Equity Ile support 3 floppy disk drives?
A.
No, not directly. The Epson controller and ROM BIOS supports a
maximum of two floppy drives. The internal floppy controller cannot be
disabled or removed.

RAM MEMORY:

Q19. What SIMM chips should be used when adding memory to the Equity
Ile?
A.
Use the Epson 80 ns SIMM module kits, either 1 MByte kit, (256Kb
SIMMs) or 2MByte kit, (1Mb SIMMs) to extend the system memory.
Should you need to use third party SIMM modules we recommend the
following:
**NOTE**
Q20. How do I increase the memory of the Equity Ile?
A.
The standard Equity Ile system includes 1 Mb of on - board memory.
You can add SlMMs (single in - line memory modules) to increase the
amount of on - board memory in the computer. With added SIMMs, the
total amount of on - board memory in the computer must be one of the
following: 2Mb, 3Mb, or 5Mb.
There are four SIMM sockets inside the Equity Ile. Each socket can
contain one 256Kb or 1Mb SIMM. The following table shows possible
SIMM configurations for the Equity Ile.
Total Memory*
1Mb
2Mb
3Mb
5Mb
* Includes the standard 1MB of System memory. Memory can also be
expanded through use of third party memory boards.
Toshiba
CDC Enterprises
Samsung
Matshushita
The following SIMM chips do not work in the Equity Ile:
IBM
Panasonic
Socket 1
256Kb
1Mb
1Mb
PSB No: S-0105
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1 MBit x 9 80 ns
1 MBit x 9 80 ns
1 MBit x 9 80 ns
1 MBit x 9 80 ns
Compaq
NMBS
Socket 2 Socket 3
256Kb
256Kb
1Mb
1Mb 1Mb
Socket 4
256Kb
1Mb