Epson Equity LT, User Manual

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The Equity LT Character Set
The Equity LT uses an extended character set that assigns
graphics and international characters to some ASCII codes. In
some cases, if you try to print these characters on a standard
printer, you get italic characters instead. Most Epson printers
support this character set used by IBM and compatible
computers (the character set the Equity LT uses) as a standard
feature, and you can adapt others. Also, some application
programs can print the special graphic characters on a standard
printer when you use a special printer driver program. Ask
your Epson dealer for more information.
Using Disks and Disk Drives
The disk drives in your computer allow you to store data
on disk, and to retrieve and use stored data. All Equity LT
systems have at least one 720KB diskette drive; you also have
either a second diskette drive or a hard disk drive in your
system. This section explains how disks work and tells you how
to do the following:
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Choose diskettes
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Care for your disks and disk drives
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Insert and remove diskettes
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Make backup copies
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Write-protect your diskettes
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Use a single diskette drive.
It also explains how the diskette drives are assigned in the
different system configurations.
How disks work
The diskettes you insert in your computer’s diskette drives
are round pieces of flexible plastic coated with magnetic
material and enclosed in protective plastic cases. Like a record,
a diskette has circular tracks on both sides. The computer
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