Introduction

The Epson® Equity® 286 PLUS is a high-performance personal computer which offers exceptional speed and convenience in a compact design. The computer’s 12 MHz 80286 microprocessor makes all your programs run faster, even when supporting multitasking operations.

Your system includes 1MB of internal memory, a built-in VGA (video graphics array) display adapter, built-in parallel and serial interfaces, an IBM® PS/2™ compatible mouse port, and four

standard option slots (three 16-bit and one 8-bit). These interfaces allow you to connect most of your peripheral devices directly to the computer, so you do not have to install option cards. You can use the option slots to install additional devices, such as a modem or a network card.

Your computer can support up to three internal drives: either two diskette drives and one hard disk drive, or one diskette drive and two hard disk drives.

The Equity 286 PLUS also offers shadow RAM to speed up processing by moving the ROM BIOS and the video ROM into the RAM area of memory. This allows the computer to access information and display text and graphics on the screen faster.

Optional Equipment

You can easily upgrade your computer by installing additional memory and adding just about any optional device that is compatible with the IBM Personal Computer, PC XT,“’ or PC AT.™

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