Epson EQUITY II+, User Manual

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Introduction
Your Epson® Equity™ II+ personal computer is a versatile, high-
performance system that offers you a wide variety of choices. First you
choose between two models of the Equity II+ main unit, then select the
monitor and peripherals you want to use with it to assemble the configura-
tion that does the most for you.
The Equity II+ main unit is available in these models:
l
One 1.2MB (megabyte) high-density floppy disk drive
l
One 1.2MB floppy disk drive and one 40MB internal hard disk drive.
Both
models include 640KB (kilobytes of memory. You can install additional )
drives in your Equity II+ to increase its storage capacity: another floppy disk
drive (360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB) or one hard disk.
The Equity II+ comes with both a serial interface and a parallel inter-
face. These interfaces let you connect an Epson printer or plotter, or almost
any peripheral device you choose.
You can further expand the capabilities of your Equity II+ by adding
optional cards to which you connect external devices. The Equity II+ has six
option slots in which you can install option cards. (One slot holds the paral-
lel and serial interfaces.)
You
choose
the type of monitor you want to use with your Equity II+.
A monitor requires a video card. Here are some monitors and video cards
you can use with the Equity II+:
Monochrome monitor (green or amber) and monochrome video card
RGB (red, green, blue) color monitor and either a CGA (color graphics
adapter) card or an EGA (enhanced graphics adapter) card
RGB enhanced color monitor and a CGA or EGA card
Composite monitor, either color or monochrome, and a CGA card
Monochrome monitor and an EGA card
EGA monitor and an EGA card.
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