Epson Equity III Product Support Bulletin page 93
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E P S O N
EPSON
AMERICA INC.
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
PRODUCT
DATE:
4 / 7 / 8 7
SUBJECT:
EQUITY
While
we
here
third-party options with the Equity III+, we can
guidelines
with
some of the more popular options.
Fixed
Disk
Drives
All
in
all,
virtually the same as for the IBM PC AT. For those that don't have
experience
with
1 - There are certain drive
These
are:
recommended
the
dedicated
refer to Appendix B in the
determine
Diagnostics
documentation
2 -
As
for
switch) must be set for the second drive position (that is, if
the range
to be installed on
that
is,
terminate
a
daisy-chain
that these are marked C (the end connector) and D
or
pass-through
control
lower one (CN5) connects to drive D.
3 -
Now for
handle
Diagnostics
SpeedStor
require
CMOS RAM); low-level
then
high-level
programs
FDISK.COM
HDFMTALL
Diagnostics
detailed
SUPPORT
III+
CONFIGURATION
at
Epson
you. Here are some tips for easier installation of
fixed
disk
the
AT
procedure, here
number
of
write
precompensation
landing
zone. Once you know these facts, you can
the
closest
Manual
is
package
provided
the
physical
installation, the drive select jumper (or
is DS0-DS3, pick DS1). The
the first
if
have
you
C. The 34 pin data cable from the WHDC controller is
configuration
connector).
cables;
the
uppermost
the
initialization.
use
this:
the
diskette)
or
Disk
Manager.
four
separate
(physical)
(logical)
w o u l d
b e
(in
and
either
can
be
accessed
diskette.
instructions
on
WITH
THIRD
can't possibly test all of the various
installation
in
are
parameters
that
cylinders,
value
Equity
III+
possible
drive
part
of
the
with
the
logical
a
physical C and D drive, you would
with
2
Finally,
(CN4)
handles
There
are
Epson-supplied
or
some
third-party
Be
aware
steps:
SETUP (to identify the drive to
formatting;
formatting.
order):
SETUP.EXE,
FORMAT.COM
or
by
simply
Refer
to
the
the
use
of
these
BULLETIN
NUMBER:
S-0009
PARTY
OPTIONS
share some basic
the
Equity
some
guidelines:
have
number
of
heads,
and
the
location
Diagnostics
Manual
selection.
type
complete
software
III+.
terminating
resistor
drive
in the
connectors.
Please
(the middle
there
are two 20 pin
drive
C
a couple
of ways to
utilities
(from
software,
that
most
drives
partitioning;
The
Epson-supplied
HDFMTALL.COM,
SELECT.COM.
SETUP
booting
up
Epson
documentation
programs,
Page 1 of 2
III+ is
to know.
any
of
to
The
and
has
system -
note
and
the
the
such
as
will
and
and
from the
for
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