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E P S O N

EPSON AMERICA INC.

SERVICE DEPARTMENT

PRODUCT

SUPPORT

BULLETIN

DATE:

7/28/87

SUBJECT:

EQUITY III+ ROM BIOS NEW RELEASE

NUMBER:

S-0013A

The purpose

of this

bulletin is

to provide you with information

regarding the new Equity III+ ROM BIOS and how to obtain it.

The new ROM BIOS

was

released

primarily to

correct

a problem

encountered when

trying to use the Equity III+ as the file server

with the Dedicated version of

Novell

Netware

286 v2.0a. Equity

III+

systems

(below S/N 036981),

with the

earlier ROM BIOS

(Ver.

1.02),

failed to boot and displayed the following message:

ABEND INVALID OPCODE INTERRUPT
REBOOT TO RESTART

The new ROM BIOS upgrade

kit (P/N D27128B-150), which is user

installable, consists

of a

set of two 27128 ROMs (Ver. 1.50) and

installation instructions,

can be

ordered

from

Epson's Service

Department on an as needed basis.

DEALERS & AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTERS:

All dealers

and ASC's

can order the upgrade free of charge on

an as-needed basis through the

Special

Order

Desk

using the

(800) number and dealer access code.

Indicate that this is part

of the Equity III+ ROM BIOS upgrade program

and the

ROMs will

be pre-shipped to the requested address.

Note:

Since this is a user installable upgrade there
dealer reimbursement program for this upgrade.

will be no

END-USERS:

End-users

should be

referred to Epson's Consumer Information

Department using our toll-free

number (800)

421-5426 to order

the ROM

BIOS upgrade.

They will

need to provide the Customer

Service Representative with their name, address

and the serial

number of the Equity III+.

Note:

The old ROMs must be returned to Epson America, Inc.

within 30 days or an invoice will be sent for the full list

price of the upgrade ROMs.

Page 1 of 1

Summary of Contents for Equity III

Page 1: ...les The appropriate executable can then be run either from diskette or hard drive There will be some exceptions to the above rule In attempting to benchmark or troubleshoot any add on that requires a device driver CD ROM local area network etc obviously the necessary device driver s must be loaded Also some programs will require a minimum number of FILES or BUFFERS to be defined in the CONFIG SYS ...

Page 2: ...l port I O address 378h will then be addressed as LPT2 We also had an AST I O Mini serial parallel card addressed at l O address 278h which was then reassigned to LPT3 Each of the three parallel ports was attached to a printer There was also a printer attached to each of the two serial ports All five printers were then set to print simultaneously under Netware Version 2 15 Rev C using PCONSOLE All...

Page 3: ... to the fact that the I O bus speed of both the Equity II and the Equity Ill is the same as the CPU speed selected there are some problems in compatibility with expanded memory boards when operating the systems at 12MHz Previously Epson recommended the use of Micron Technology memory expansion boards These boards have been removed from our recommended product list due to the fact that Micron no lo...

Page 4: ...D1003V MM1 The new controller is capable of providing a 2 1 interleave format This controller card has been tested in the Equity II and Ill with the Epson 20Mb and 40Mb hard drives as well as the Seagate ST 251 Tests were performed using a 2 1 interleave factor and all tests were completed successfully Current Model New Model WD1006A WAH WD1006V MM1 The WD1006A WAH hard disk drive controller card ...

Page 5: ...MS DOS 3 36 and the system was transferred The unit was then tested for it s ability to start up from the hard drive from a cold boot a warm boot and when the reset switch was pushed All tests performed as they should Files were loaded and removed from the disk and various applications were run without any problems After the completion of the first set of tests the Equity Ill was set to run at 12M...

Page 6: ...on U25 In order for it to work the jumper J13 pin 1 must be installed Caution should be used when ordering the BIOS ROM as problems have been experienced when using version B Versions A and C perform normally The WD1007V SE1 controller is another option that can be used with high capacity ESDI drives that are not supported by the ROM BIOS drive tables When using this controller make sure that all ...

Page 7: ...options When using a SCSI type hard disk drive the hard disk controller usually is a part of the hard drive unit The connection between the SCSI bus and the Equity s data bus is made by installing a host adaptor into the Equity computer and connecting the SCSI drive to the host adaptor The Seagate ST 296N 85Mb drive used in a stand alone configuration in the current Equity Series computers has pro...

Page 8: ...ped with a Seagate ST 225 hard drive and the XT GEN controller It was also configured with the IBM 5250 terminal emulation card and software and was connected to an IBM System 36 host Additionally IBM s PC Support 36 software was correctly installed on both the II and System 36 This utility enables file and folder sharing as well as up and download capability The 5250 terminal emulation works perf...

Page 9: ... disk drives Equity II Equity III Equity I Equity le The Equity II was found to be totally incompatible with the OmniBridge controller The Equity III was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives The Equity I was fou...

Page 10: ...The Equity 386SX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 144M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives Equity 386 20 The Equity 386 20 was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained to...

Page 11: ...he external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives NOTE The recommended switch settings for the OmniBridge controller are as follows 1 1 DOWN 2 1 DOWN 1 2 DOWN 2 2 DOWN 1 3 DOWN 2 3 UP 1 4 DOWN 2 4 UP These settings select NO ADDRESS for the OmniBridge BIOS and allow it to coexist with the internal FDC of the computer in which it is being installed ...

Page 12: ...ring the host adapters or controller cards for IRQ DMA and I O port address Archive VP 150i The VP 150i was tested on the Equity II Ill and 386 20 Due to the capacity and nature of the drive it is not particularly suited for use in any of the 8086 88 computers This was the only drive supplied with Unix Xenix device drivers It was tested under MS DOS 3 3 and SC0 Xenix 286 System V version 2 2 1 wit...

Page 13: ...ided the best performance with the Tallgrass drive giving the slowest disk to tape and tape to disk operations All four drives were supplied with menu driven tape utility software for the MS DOS environment Command line and timed scheduled operations are also available As previously mentioned the Archive drive also included device drivers for use in a Unix Xenix environment offering the greatest l...

Page 14: ... the difference can be determined by the FCC ID number in those cases The chart below provides a quick reference to determine the part number of the main keyboard PCB assembly key top set control logic subassembly and keyboard cable Apex Apex Plus Equity I II Ill Keyboard Keyboard Key Top Keyboard Model Unit Model PCB Assy set Cable Apex A265091A Equity I II Y145501001 Y145501021 Y144305000 Apex P...

Page 15: ...I and the Equity III is the same as the CPU speed selected there are some problems in compatibility with expanded and extended memory boards when operating the systems at 12MHz At this time we have found one manufacturer whose boards function reliably at all CPU speeds They are Micron Technology Micron is located at Micron Technology Inc Systems Group 2805 East Columbia Road Boise ID 83706 Telepho...

Page 16: ...yield 40MB of available disk space Here is the method used to install the drive with SpeedStor version 5 11 1 With the drive type in SETUP set to NONE physically install the ST 251 as you would any other HDD 2 Boot the system with either MS DOS 3 20 or 3 30 3 Insert the SpeedStor diskette type INSTALL and press ENTER Respond to the prompts regarding the drive type Seagate ST 251 and the size of th...

Page 17: ...mponent side of the drive s printed circuit board when viewed from the rear of the drive 2 Mask off pin 2 with a small piece of thin tape regular adhesive tape works quite well Do not overlap onto pin 4 3 Install the drive and run the Epson SETUP utility Under MASS STORAGE go to Drive C and select type 43 1024 cylinders 8 heads 4 Perform the low level physical format HDFMTALL remembering to enter ...

Page 18: ...ginator APA ap This bulletin provides information on the jumper settings for the hard disk controllers used in Epson Equity computers Please refer to the following pages for information regarding specific hard disk controllers Model Page WD1002A WX1 2 WD1002S WX2 3 WD1003 WAH 4 WD1002 WAH 5 WHDC 6 WD1006S WAH 7 ACB 2320 8 ...

Page 19: ... used W2 N A Not used W3 1 to 2 BIOS ROM is enabled on controller W4 2 to 3 Device address 320H W5 hard wired 1 to 2 BIOS ROM size 32K or 64K W6 2 to 3 Reduced write current 8 heads W7 hard wired 1 to 2 IRQ 5 W8 2 to 3 Disk controller I D set to be the first No jumper pins 1 and 2 are connected by a PCB board etch ...

Page 20: ...2 W3 1 to 2 W4 2 to 3 W5 hard wired 1 to 2 W6 2 to 3 W7 hard wired 1 to 2 Required for this configuration Required for this configuration BIOS ROM is enabled on controller Device address 320H BIOS ROM size 32K or 64K Reduced write current 8 heads IRQ 5 Extra jumper No jumper pins 1 and 2 are connected by a PCB board etch ...

Page 21: ...umper W4 2 to 3 W5 2 to 3 W6 2 to 3 Status read is latched Primary address selected Required for this configuration Required for this configuration Standard configuration Standard configuration Connection of LED indicator cable Model Pin 1 of J6 Equity III Equity II Equity III Orange wire Blue wire Red wire No jumper pins ...

Page 22: ...er j Jumper Position Description W1 1 to 2 Primary base address W2 Center to NL HDD activity LED only lights when the controller accesses the drive Connection of LED indicator cable Model Pin 1 of J4 Equity III Orange wire Equity II Blue wire Equity III Red wire ...

Page 23: ... CN6 JP1 J1 2 to 3 B to C Primary address selected Equity III Orange wire JP2 J2 1 to 2 A to B Status read is non latched select drive busy Equity I I Blue wire JP3 J3 1 to 2 A to B WAH mode dual HDD controller Equity I I I Red wire JP4 to JP8 No jumper pins Hardwired to factory settings JP may labeled as J 1 as A 2 as B and 3 as C ...

Page 24: ...tion Description Model Pin 1 of J1 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 1 to 2 LED lights for drive selection non latched 1 to 2 No reduced write current No jumper Enables cacheing No jumper Isolates mounting bracket from logic ground 1 to 2 Primary controller port No jumper Non latched mode Equity 386 20 Red wire No jumper pins ...

Page 25: ... No jumpers 1 to 2 No jumper Connection of LED indicator cable Description Model Pin 1 of J4 Used for hardware port addressing Manufacturing test points DO NOT JUMPER Serial monitor output DO NOT JUMPER Manufacturing test points DO NOT JUMPER Not used Equity 386 20 Red wire Selects IRQ 14 ACB BIOS disabled no ROM present in location U25 ...

Page 26: ...ontroller in the Epson computers FDC CAN COMPUTER BE HOW D I S A B L E D Equity I Equity II Equity III Equity I Equity II 1OMHz 12MHz Equity III No No Yes CPU Board Switch 2 3 off Yes CPU Brd Jumper 1 in Position B Multi function Board No Yes Jumper 2 in Position B Yes Multi function Board Jumper 1 in Position B Jumper 2 in Position B Apex Yes Motherboard Remove Jumper El Apex Plus No EPSON AMERIC...

Page 27: ...z BIOS Upgrade ECN EQIII 011 4 2 93 EQUITY III 12MHz VER PART DESC TYPE LOC REASON 2 00 2 00 Y126819002 Y126818002 ATR C5 ATR B5 M27C128 M27C128 24A 24B INITIAL RELEASE 2 20 2 20 Y126815005 Y126814005 ATR C6 ATR B6 M27C128 M27C128 24A 24B Fixes problem with serial port and MS Word Intel InBoard 386 and the CTRL key See ECN EQIII 008 4 15 88 3 00 3 00 Y126815006 Y126814006 ATR C7 ATR B7 M27C128 M27...

Page 28: ... as required Definition of Terms DCB Disk coprocessor board DIB SCSI Disk interface board INIC Intelligent network interface card LAN Local area network ND286 Non dedicated Advanced NetWare 286 NIC Network interface card SCSI Small Computer System Interface Testing Information The following tests were conducted on the Equity I II and III computer products NetWare Operating System Functionality Ded...

Page 29: ...re only tested on the II and III as they are only compatible with the 16 bit AT type bus Network printing is tested by sending a print job from a workstation to a printer connected to the file server Workstation Testing In situations where only a workstation driver is available the system is tested as a workstation such as with the Novell Network Interface Cards NICs Novell Supplied Software and H...

Page 30: ...d as a non dedicated file server NetWare Utilities COMPSURF Passed INSTALL Passed Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS GENBIOS 86 IBM PC NET Cold Boot Key Card Critical Printer 86 SCSI DIB Configuration IBM CLUSTER 86 Etherlink Plus 3C505 1194 SMC PD Arcnet Novell RX NET Etherlink 3C501 Nestar StarLan OmniNet Vista Proteon Micom NI5010 Gateway IBM PC NE...

Page 31: ... NetWare 86 2 0a NetWare driver configuration for dial in remote access NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS y os 86 Passed Passed Workstation Configurations Tested Novell INIC Passed Novell INIC Non interrupt Passed Novell NIC w patched shell Passed Davong Passed ...

Page 32: ...M CLUSTER board The II does not function correctly with the GENBIOS ND286 and GENBIOS 86 drivers The Novell NIC and INIC shells will often not function in machines running faster than 8 MHz because of that the II will not run as a workstation at 10 MHz with the INIC non interrupt shell driver It will function correctly at 8 MHz The typematic feature of the II is slow when running Advanced NetWare ...

Page 33: ...MHz is slow when running Advanced NetWare ND286 however all other keyboard input functions correctly Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 286 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS Etherlink Plus 3C505 1194 SMC PD Arcnet Novell RX NET Etherlink 3C501 StarLan OmniNet Vista Proteon Micom NI5010 Gateway IBM PC NET Micom NP600 IBM Token Ring Network Nestar Orchid PC NET Etherlink Plus 3C505 2012 ST...

Page 34: ...th SFT NetWare 286 Level II 2 0a NetWare Utilities DISKSET PREPARE INSTALL Preset Passed Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS SMC PD Arcnet Passed Comments The II 10 MHz will not function as a file server at 10 MHz with the Novell DCB however it will function correctly at 8 MHz with the DCB Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level II 2 1 NetWare Utilities NETGEN Passed NETWARE DRIVE...

Page 35: ...NIC and INIC shells will often not function in machines running faster than 8 MHz because of that the II will not run as a workstation at 10 MHz with the INIC non interrupt shell driver It will function correctly at 8 MHz Workstation Configurations tested with SFT NetWare Level II 2 1 WORKSTATION DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherlink 3C501 Passed Etherlink Plus 3C505 1194 Passed Etherlink Plus 3C...

Page 36: ...n correctly at the slower The IBM CLUSTER card cannot be used in the III 10 MHz NetWare Utilities COMPSURF Passed INSTALL Passed Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS GENBIOS 86 IBM PC NET Cold Boot Key Card Critical Printer 86 Non dedicated option 86 SCSI DIB Configuration IBM CLUSTER 86 Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Failed NetWare dr...

Page 37: ...ateway Passed IBM PC NET Passed Micom NP600 Passed Orchid PC NET 8 MHz only Passed IBM Token Ring Network Passed Etherlink Plus 3C505 2012 Passed Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level I II 2 0a NetWare Utilities DISKSET Preset PREPARE Passed INSTALL Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C505 2012 Passed Workstation Configurations Tested WORKSTATION DRIVER CONFIGURA...

Page 38: ...orrectly at 8 MHz with these drivers The III 12 MHz will not function correctly at 12 MHz with the Novell DCB however it will function correctly at 8 MHz with the DCB The Novell NIC and INIC shells will often not function in machines running faster than 8 MHz because of that the III 12 MHz will not run as a workstation at 12 MHz with the INIC and INIC non interrupt shell drivers It will function c...

Page 39: ... STATUS Novell Ethernet NE1000 Passed Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level I II 2 0a NetWare Utilities PREPARE Passed INSTALL Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C505 2012 Passed Comments The III 12 MHz will not function correctly at 12 MHz with the Novell DCB however it will function correctly at 8 MHz with the DCB Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Lev...

Page 40: ...z only Passed Workstation Configurations Tested WORKSTATION DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherl Etherl Etherl Novell Micom SMC PD Novell nk 3C501 Passed nk Plus 3C505 1194 Passed nk Plus 3C505 2012 Passed Ethernet NE1000 Passed N15010 Passed Arcnet Passed RX NET Passed StarLan OmniNet Proteon Gateway IBM PC NET IBM Token Ring Network Novell INIC 8 Mhz only Novell INIC Non interrupt 8 MHz only Nove...

Page 41: ... the instructions for performing system diagnostics the following statement is made Note To run the System diagnostics boot your system with the diagnostics diskette in drive A Then select option 4 from the OPERATION menu If you start this program in any other way some tests may produce strange results The EXEC failed error message will not occur if the diagnostic diskette is properly loaded Pleas...

Page 42: ...s and between 800K and 960K in 8086 or 8088 based systems 16K pages of memory are allocated for an application s use and the EMM Expanded Memory Manager handles the job of mapping the pages in and out of the page frame as they are needed However in order to make use of expanded memory the software must be written to take advantage of the EMS Software such as Lotus 1 2 3 Microsoft Windows and Borla...

Page 43: ...S 4 0 page mapping has been streamlined and new functions allow application programs to dynamically increase and decrease the amount of expanded memory allocated to them In previous versions of EMS the page frame was located in an unused 64K block of memory between 640K and 1Mb EMS 4 0 subject to limitations in the system hardware supports the page frame anywhere in the first 1Mb of memory Before ...

Page 44: ...Ill Grande Byte STB Systems Intel Above Board AT Intel Corporation Liberty AT Quadram Corporation AST Advantage AST Research AST Rampage AT AST Research AST Ramvantage AST Research What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity I The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity I 64 256KB Expansion Option Above Board PC 1985 Fastcard IV 1 6 IBM Intel Corporation Thesys Wha...

Page 45: ...12MHz models Rampage 286 Plus Elite 16 Above Board Plus AST Research Profit Systems Intel Corporation NOTE Previously boards from Micron Technology were listed as compatible with the 12MHz models of the Equity II and Equity Ill They have been removed from the list because Micron no longer produces ISA memory boards Q12 How do you expand the memory of the Equity 386 20 A Memory expansion in the Equ...

Page 46: ...he extended memory as expanded memory Yes the Equity 386 20 system software includes the device driver EEMM386EXE This driver emulates LIM EMS 4 0 memory using the extended memory supplied by the additional SIMMs It will support only the onboard memory above 1 MB up to 15MB This is the maximum memory that can be installed on the CHET RM board It will not support memory installed on memory expansio...

Page 47: ...y backfilling memory when using software such as DESQview Backfilling is a function of many expanded memory boards which allows a portion of the board s memory to be used as conventional memory In this way you could turn a 256K system into one with 840K memory or more In certain situations you may want to disable some of the computer s conventional memory and the use the memory on the expansion bo...

Page 48: ... floppy disk drive controller be disabled in the E III Yes it can be disabled on the SPFG board by changing two jumpers Jumpers J1 and J2 SPFG board have to be set to BC With the FDD controller enabled the jumpers are set to AC How do you disable the parallel port on the EQ III To disable the parallel port on the EQ III jumpers J3 and J4 on the SPFG board have to be set to position BC To enable th...

Page 49: ...atures in a half height frame This drive can he used in the EQ I II and III systems Can a 1 44MB 3 5 floppy disk drive be used in the EQ III No The EQ III does not support a 1 44MB floppy drive at either the ROM BIOS or floppy disk controller level After installing an EGA monitor EGA card and setting up the system correctly I continuously get a 162 set up error when the computer boots up When sett...

Page 50: ...ocks up the system How can I correct this A There is a temporary way of solving this problem This solution is as follows 1 Use the keyboard command for example KEYBUK to change the keyboard function to a foreign keyboard 2 Then return to the US type keyboard by pressing Ctrl Control Alt Alternate F1 This will solve the problem but must be done at bootup A ROM BIOS revision Version 2 2 0 h a s been...

Page 51: ... 12MHz systems Q20 What RAM chips should be used on the expansion boards for the EQ III A The RAM chips used in expansion boards should have an access time of 120ns or faster Q21 What are the wait states for the EQ III A The default wait state for the EQ III 10MHz 12MHz I O bus is 4 adjustable to 3 2 or 1 by setting the jumpers on the ANTA board The system memory RAM and ROM defaults to two wait s...

Page 52: ...Bus mouse or the Logitech Serial and Bus mouse Ensure the jumper settings on the BUS adapter is set for the PC AT interrupt selection SOFTWARE Q25 Is the EQ III compatible with OS 2 A Since OS 2 is much more hardware specific than MS DOS an Epson version of OS 2 will be required Q26 I want to backup my hard disk but can t locate the Archive program How can I backup my system A Archive is no longer...

Page 53: ...et Microsoft Word to run properly A There are two ways the solve this problem 1 Redirect the printer output MODE LPT1 COM1 2 Epson has developed a patch program SERFIX ARC available through CompuServ Microsoft and Epson Forum or from Epson s Product Support RBRS A ROM BIOS revision Version 2 20 has been released as a permanent solution 6 of 6 ...

Page 54: ...d the power consumption of the option boards and system subassemblies of the Equity series computers Page 2 provides the Equity series computer power supply available current output and typical current draw of the individual subassemblies found in each computer Page 3 provides information on the typical current draw of Epson supplied option boards floppy disk drives and hard disk drives for the Eq...

Page 55: ...ail Equity II Avail power I 4 4A I 7 5A 300mA 1300mA 1 MCY board 0 1 8A 0 0 Keyboard 0 110mA 0 0 Equity II Avail power 1 I 10A 1 300mA 1300mA 1 ANDRO Board Including ADR RM3 0 2 5A 0 0 SPFG SPF2 0 600mA 0 0 Equity III Available power 4 8A 20A 300mA 300mA ANTA Board 0 1 23A 0 0 ANT RM 0 500mA 0 0 SPFG 0 540mA 0 0 WHDC 0 530mA 0 0 Page 2 of 3 ...

Page 56: ...Equity II II III 460mA Max 180mA Max 1 31A Start MD 5501 61 1 2MB FDD 240mA Typ 150mA Typ 0 0 Equity II III 1 66A Max 170mA Max FD1155C 1 2MB FDD 210mA Typ 460mA Typ 0 0 Equity II III 390mA Max 900mA Start SMD 489 3 5 720KB FDD 0 400mA Typ 0 0 Equity I II III 1A Max HMD 720 3 5 20MB HDD 580mA Typ 200ma Typ 0 0 2A Start up 360mA Max NEC D5146 40MB HDD 1 2A Typ 1A Max 0 0 Half height 2A Seek Equity ...

Page 57: ...IES FLOPPY DISK DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information on technical specifications of Epson supplied floppy disk drives used in the Equity series computers Also contained in this document is information on floppy disk drive adjustments test points and service tools Page 1 of 2 ...

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Page 59: ...ted Cylinders 989 Heads 5 Access Time 28ms Power 12VDC 4 5A 5VDC 1 0A The CDC drive uses a dedicated landing zone at the inner most radius and has an automatic shipping lock that disengages when power is applied It can be mounted either horizontally or vertically The CDC 40MB can be used in any of the Equity series computers providing the controller is compatible with 40MB drives The Epson product...

Page 60: ... is still set to 1 indicating that a character is ready to be received Word then calls interrupt 14h function 2 receive character and attempts to receive the character After 1 to 2 seconds the routine times out and transmission is resumed There are three methods of correcting this situation 1 If the printer supports hardware handshaking redirect the printer output MODE LPT1 COM1 and configure Word...

Page 61: ...I Please refer to the following index to find specific information INDEX 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 10MHz AND 12MHz VERSION Page 1 1 Major parts excluding P C B units 2 1 2 Component parts 1 2 1 ANTA Board unit 4 1 2 2 ANT RM Board unit 8 1 2 3 ANT RMA Board unit 9 1 2 4 ANT MT Board unit 10 1 2 5 SPFG Board unit 11 1 3 Jumper Settings 1 3 1 ANTA Board unit l2 1 3 2 ANT RM RMA Board unit 13 1 3 3 SPFG ...

Page 62: ...changed Serial Modification No Number of the Serial Serial Number Plate 03 Y126025251 Serial Number Plate B06 Plate Number Plate Y126041651 Alphabet A is prefixed to the serial number O l d 010001 I 1 New A010001 Code Label Modification of the Code Label abbreviated abbreviated abbreviated No SPFG board Circuit design SPFG board uni t modification Y12720100001 To solve the format No error with the...

Page 63: ...tween 10MHz version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification Major parts except P C B unit location to allow to use a the Genius problem 5 To improve I he execution speed of the keyboard controller ...

Page 64: ...1 2 1 Differences Between 10MHz version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification ANTA board unit ...

Page 65: ...1 2 1 Differences Between 10MHz version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification ANTA board unit cation of the DMA controller X400825400 X400825401 ...

Page 66: ...1 2 1 Differences Between 10MHz version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification ANTA board unit X401802861 ...

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Page 68: ...1 2 2 Differences between 10MHz version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification ANT RM board unit ...

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Page 70: ...1 2 4 Differences Between 10MHz version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification ANT MT board unit be installed in connector CN8 ...

Page 71: ...1 2 5 Differences Between 10MHz version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification SPFG board unit Y12720110000 error with the 720KB FDD at 12 MHz ...

Page 72: ... I 1 b I I a3Lm MONO COLOR CPU speed select switch factory setting 8 MHz factory setting 8MHz I I 1 1 L J I 6MHz 8MHz 1OMHz 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz note 1 These selectable wait cycles are available during 10MHz note 2 These selectable wait cycles are available during 12MHz note 3 Wait cycles for est 16 bit device These selectable wait cycles are available during 10MHz note 4 Wait cycles for ext 16 bit dev...

Page 73: ...version and 12MHz version Model EQUITY III 12MHz version Classification ANT RM RMA board Jumper setting IIII Select ROM sockets 24A 24B JG A Inhibited 11 A _ Inhibited 57 A BB em Select ROM sockets 23A 23B Not applicable Same as 10MHz ...

Page 74: ...mary parallel I F ii A A AB A Secondary parallel B B S Parallel I F on video Disable parallel I F JlO A A A A Primary serial I F IRQ4 A B Secondary serial I F IRQ3 I Disable serial r F 2 A 39 A BB Disable serial I F A _ _ _ B _ _ AT drive I F EQUITY III drive I F I1 57 A Irr rIII Standard setting J8 A Test mode of Vc Not applicable Sane as 10Mhz ...

Page 75: ...1 3 4 Difference between 10MHz version and 12MHz version ...

Page 76: ...y ANPS s s w w 360KB I MD5201 57 5 8 I 1 2MB FD1155C FD1157C MD5501 61 I un un OK See 1 OK See 1 I C o l o r M R S C R b o a r d EM OK See 2 I 3 OK See 2 I Descriptions 1 Unit code Y14420620000 should be used 2 Unit code Y12720400001 Unit code Y12720400002 Code view problem may occur Code view problem is solved on this version Page 16 of 17 ...

Page 77: ... ANT RMA BOARD Y12620900000 See a OK ANT MT BOARD Y12620200000 OK See b Y12620200001 OK See b Y12620800000 See b OK SPFG BOARD Y12720100000 OK NG Y12720100001 l OK NG Y12720110000 See a OK WHDC BOARD Y12720300000 See c d See c d Y12720310000 See c See c Y12720300001 See d See d Y12720310001 OK OK Descriptions a Should be OK but compatibility check is required b Location of the option slot connecto...

Page 78: ...required Equity I Not supported Equity II 1 Must include DRIVPARM D 1 F 2 in CONFIG SYSI Equity III Not supported Equity I No special setup required Equity II No special setup required I 1 Equity III 1 No special setup required I The Epson 3 5 floppy disk drive is not compatible with the Equity I or the Equity III Manzana Microsystems Inc offers a 3 5 720KB floppy disk drive which is compatible wi...

Page 79: ... RLL EQ II EQ 111 Western Digital WD1003 WA2 MFM EQ II EQ III Western Digital 1002 27X RLL EQ II EQ III Hard Drives Manufacturer Model Type For use in Epson CDC Wren II Miniscribe Miniscribe HMD 720 MFM EQ I EQ II EQ III 94205 51 MFM EQ II EQ III 6053 MFM EQ III 8438F RLL EQ II EQ III Memory Expansion Boards Manufacturer Model For use in AST Research Advantage Premium EQ II EQ III AST Research Ram...

Page 80: ...RCHIVE utility was removed from the MS DOS diskette but is still documented in the MS DOS manual The primary reason for removing ARCHIVE was that it could not be used with the SpeedStor disk partitioning software included with the Miniscribe 40 MB drive or equivalent Epson recommends using the BACKUP RESTORE utilities files for backing up or restoring data Also the documentation for the SELECT com...

Page 81: ...oller and hard drive must be ordered separately The product codes are A140A AA Q218A AA Hard Disk Controller Kit Includes HDC Board One 5DZ Cable Two 5DY Cables Installation Manual Warranty Card 40 MB Full Height Miniscribe Disk Drive with SpeedStor Software All Equity III 12MHz systems being shipped with HDDs also contain a new release of SpeedStor Ver 5 0 This version has been made more user fri...

Page 82: ...g the appropriate numeric co processor for use in the Epson Equity series computers and the Epson Apex computer Use the following table to determine which type of Numeric Co Processor is recommended for the corresponding computer EPSON COMPUTER CPU SPEED NUMERIC NXP CO PROCESSOR SPEED 80287 6 6 MHz Product enhanced with increased CPU speed of 6 8 12Mhz starting with all units manufactured in the U...

Page 83: ...II I E q u i t y I I I I Xenix System V 86XT Version 2 2 1 IEquity 1 1 When used with products such as the Arnet Multiport serial boards this allows you to set up a multi user multi tasking system Many businesses have begun looking at PC based Xenix as an alternative to a much more costly minicomputer installation Fox Research Inc Fox Research offers a full range of hardware and software products ...

Page 84: ...ws PCs on the LAN to emulate 3278 79 terminals It also lets printers on the LAN emulate 3286 87 89 printers for cost effective access to IBM mainframes 10 Net RS 232 Gateway sets up the asynchronous bridge between two 10 Net LANs The RS 232 PC Remote enables a PC in a remote location to become part of a 10 Net LAN Simply dial up with a standard PC modem and gain access to the various LAN resources...

Page 85: ...II III Tested on Equity II III Tested on Equity III T e s t e d o n E q u i t y I I I Tested On Equity III 1I I I Requires minimum of 80286 CPU The MUX Adapter Card does not affect the use of existing internal drives It also allows the Manzana external drive to mimic the B drive It is not required for internal drives Manzana also provides the 3Five driver software which permits the use of any vers...

Page 86: ...A 360 KB Epson Q212A AA 1 2 MB Epson A112A AA 720 KB 3 5 1 This is the only FDD compatible with the Equity I 2 This is the only 1 2 MB FDD compatible with the Equity II One of the key issues is NEVER USE ANY 1 2 MB FDD OTHER THAN THE Q911A AA IN THE EQUITY II The interface is slightly different from the AT standard As a result an AT type drive will work erratically if at all One of the problems is...

Page 87: ...uch as the Equity I or standard ASCII terminals Other compatible operating systems include Microport Unix Theos BOS PC MOS and Others The Arnet Twin port offers 2 serial ports for smaller installations The Multiport board is available in Multi 4 or Multi 8 configurations and the Multi 4 can be upgraded The Smartport is an intelligent version of the Multiport that uses the 80186 processor to handle...

Page 88: ...sociates provides a full selection of 3270 78 and 5250 51 hardware and software solutions for micro to mainframe applications Please see the following list for a complete breakdown of their Epson compatible products Epson compatible Products IDEAssociates Page 2 of 3 ...

Page 89: ...the Equity II to the Product Support BBS Please feel free to read and or download it Standard Microsystems Corporation Finally SMC has certified their ArcNet Network Controller Boards on the Equity I and III They have verified correct operation with all hardware topologies bus star and fiber optic The software tested includes SMC NETBIOS Emulator Novell Advanced Netware 86 Novell Advanced Netware ...

Page 90: ...ion instructions can be ordered from Epson s Service Department on an as needed basis DEALERS AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTERS All dealers and ASC s can order the upgrade free of charge on an as needed basis through the Special Order Desk using the 800 number and dealer access code Indicate that this is part of the Equity III ROM BIOS upgrade program and the ROMs will be pre shipped to the requested add...

Page 91: ...ccurs in the HELP utility data file In the respective sections on using the Equity hard disk drive the syntax is given as SELECT C 001 US Also in the HELP utility the format is given as SELECT DOS source d target d xxx yy with the square brackets indicating optional command line parameters This turns out not to be the case both source and destination drives are required parameters So there are two...

Page 92: ... supply Both Equity units have a separate A C outlet on the rear panel for providing AC power to a peripheral device usually a monitor The power is controlled by the system unit on off switch It is very important that you inform users who intend to use the system internationally that any peripheral device which is connected to this outlet must be configured to operate on the same input voltage tha...

Page 93: ...drive select jumper or switch must be set for the second drive position that is if the range is DS0 DS3 pick DS1 The terminating resistor has to be installed on the first logical drive in the system that is if you have a physical C and D drive you would terminate C The 34 pin data cable from the WHDC controller is a daisy chain configuration with 2 connectors Please note that these are marked C th...

Page 94: ...ed applications Consult the manual that comes with your particular EGA card Typically DIP switches and or jumpers have to be set or at least checked Also some EGA cards will require that a driver be installed in the CONFIG SYS or AUTOEXEC BAT files As for the III simply make sure that the front panel MONITOR SELECT switch is set for COLOR and the Display selection in SETUP is changed to Special Op...

Page 95: ... the applications program to misexecute An information sheet describing the change is being included with the new Equity III systems to inform the user to disregard the warnings against changing the CPU speed during operation as stated in the user documentation supplied with the computer Equity III systems with the following serial numbers have the enhanced capability From To 024515 024799 026770 ...

Page 96: ...and line syntax HARDPREP NoCMOS or PARTED NoCMOS This causes the hard disk parameter table HDPT to be written to the hard disk instead of CMOS RAM This allows subsequent use of the Epson SETUP utility without corrupting the HDPT 2 The proper order in HARDPREP is o Select Miniscribe 6053 from the TYPE menu o Optionally change interleave the default is 3 from the INITIALIZE menu o Select StandardIni...

Page 97: ...me the device driver will be read in and you ll have a C and D partition on your HDD The above method works however there is a minor non critical bug if you bring up HARDPREP with the NOCMOS parameter again it will list a phantom second drive This appears to have no effect on the operation of the machine but questions could arise from this Here s how to avoid it METHOD 2 Invoke HARDPREP and PARTED...

Page 98: ...quity monochrome video board Product Code Q 508A AA should be used for the Equity III for proper operation at 10 12MHz The MRS MO board product code follows Product Code Current Q506A AA New Q508A AA and part number was changed as Y144206000 P N on PCB Y144206200 P N on PCB The Q506A AA board may be used for all Equity I Equity II and Equity III and other PC XT and AT 8MHz or lower compatibles The...

Page 99: ...re currently being supplied with the Equity series computers from Epson America Inc Also included is information on which low level hard disk format procedures should be used with the various versions of hard disk controller boards Please refer to the Equity I II III IBM PC COMPATIBLE HARDWARE SOFTWARE DIRECTORY supplied by Epson America s Marketing Department for information regarding third party...

Page 100: ...o use this drive D Must set drive select jumpers on FDD logic board for A position S1 or B position S2 E It is not necessary to remove the terminating resistor pack F Handle drive with care possibility of short circuit between screw head on frame and FDD logic board could damage FDD G Terminator must be removed when used as 2nd floppy drive unit H See Product Support Bulletin S 0020 for set up inf...

Page 101: ...PLANATIONS A Comes with black front bezel B When used with Equity III use format procedure 2 on page 5 C Follow format procedure 2 on page 5 The NCL Hard Disk Controller Board NDC5027 49 and DK 505 2 HDD must be used D For Equity III Only use HMD 720 hard drives NOT stamped with Do not use with Equity III ...

Page 102: ...X F G CODE EXPLANATIONS A Follow format procedure 2 NCL Hard Disk Controller Board NDC5027 49 and DK 505 2 HDD must be used together B Follow format procedure indicated on PSB S 0005 C Short version Western Digital HDC board Released late 1986 D ROM BIOS 62 000062 010 1 and 62 000062 13 are equivalent Either ROM may be found on this board E This version HDC ROM BIOS with WD 1015 24 firmware CPU wi...

Page 103: ...uded with each system 2 EQUITY III FORMAT a Run PFORMAT Enter bad tracks Time approx 5 minutes b Run HDFMTALL Time approx 8 minutes C Run HDPART Time approx 2 minutes d Run HDFORMAT Time approx 5 minutes 3 EQUITY III See Product Support Bulletin S 0006 Notes 1 Early production Equity I units without HDDS must be upgraded with the CAC version VF0 SUB board to operate with a hard drive 2 Equity I DO...

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