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Datatech Enterprises Apex 386SX/16 User Manual

Datatech Enterprises Apex 386SX/16 User Manual (130 pages)

16MHz 386SX System

Brand: Datatech Enterprises | Category: Desktop | Size: 4 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
5
List of Tables
11
About this Manual
13
System Overview

13
Chapter 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW

16
- Introduction
  17
  - Operating System
    17
- Quickstart
  18
- Figure 1-1: Quick Start
  18
- Features
  19
- Specifications
  20
- Example of a System Configuration
  21
- Figure 1-2: System Configuration
  21
- System Unit
  22
- Figure 1-3: System Unit Case
  22
- Control Panel
  23
  - Reset Button
    23
  - Turbo Button
    23
  - Indicator Lights
    23
  - Figure 1-4: Front Panel
    23
  - Keylock
    24
  - Figure 1-5: Keylock and Two Security-Lock Keys
    24
  - System Power Switch
    25
  - Rear Panel
    26
    
    Figure 1-7: Rear Panel
    26
    
    Figure 1-8: Connecting the Keyboard Cable
    27
    
    Keyboard Connector
    27
    
    Figure 1-9: System Power Cord
    28
    
    Power Cord Connector
    28
    
    Display Port
    29
    
    Figure 1-10: Two Kinds of Display Connectors
    29
    
    Figure 1-11: Voltage Switch
    30
    
    Power Voltage Setting
    30
    
    Table 1-1: Power Cord Specifications
    30
  - Other Peripherals
    31
  - 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 3.5" Floppy Disk
    34
    
    Hard Disks
    35
  - Keyboard
    36
  - Figure 1-16: Keyboard
    36
  - Maintaining Your Equipment
    37
Chapter 2 SETTING up YOUR SYSTEM

38
Chapter 3 OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM

61
- An Lntroduction to DOS
  63
  - Loading DOS
    63
  - System Messages
    63
- DOS Operations
  64
  - Starting MS-DOS
    64
  - Formatting Disk
    65
  - Backing up Your Diskettes and Files
    66
  - Deleting Your Diskettes and Files
    67
  - Finding out What Is on Your Disk
    68
- Hard Disk Drive Format
  69
  - Step 1 - Preformat
    69
  - Step 2 - Partition
    69
  - Step 3 - Format
    70
- Helpful Hints
  71
- System Setup Program
  72
Chapter 4

82
- Figure 4-1: Keyboard Layout
  82
- Figure 4-2: Function Keys
  83
- Figure 4-3: Numeric Keypad
  83
- Cursor Keys
  84
- Figure 4-4: Indicator Lights
  85
- Figure 4-5: Special Keys
  86
- Table 4-2: Functions of Special Keys
  86
- Figure 4-6: QWERTY Keys
  87
- Table 4-3: Functions of Special QWERTY Keys
  87
- Key Combinations
  88
Chapter 5 TROUBLESHOOTING

90
- Command Problems
  92
- System BIOS Error Messages
  94
- System Error Messages
  94
- Examples of System Error Messages
  95
Chapter 6 APPENDIX

98
- Disk Drives
  100
  - Figure 6-1: Installing a 5.25" Disk Drive
    100
    
    Figure 6-2: Screwing the 5.25" Disk Drives
    101
    
    Figure 68: Installing a 3.5" Disk Drive
    105
    
    Figure 6-9: Screwing a 3.5" Disk Drive
    106
    
    Format
    107
    
    Hard Disk Drive Format
    107
    
    Partition
    107
    
    Preformat
    107
    
    Alternate Use of both Switches
    108
    
    Entering 16Mhz Turbo Mode
    108
    
    Hardware Turbo Switch
    108
    
    Software Turbo Switch
    108
    
    EMS Driver Setup
    109
    
    Shadow RAM Enable
    109
    
    Software
    109
    
    Quick Reference for Jumper Functions
    112
    
    Long Move
    114
    
    Moving Your Computer and Peripherals
    114
    
    Short Move
    114
    
    Microprocessor
    115
    
    Protected Virtual Address Mode
    115
    
    Technical Information
    115
    
    Real Address Mode
    116
    
    System Timers
    116
    
    System Interrupts
    117
    
    RAM Subsystem
    118
    
    ROM Subsystem
    118
    
    Direct Memory Access
    119
    
    DMA Channel
    119
    
    I/O Channel Slots
    121
    
    Math Coprocessor Control
    122
  - 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
  - Disk Drives
    105
Chapter 7 GLOSSARY

123

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