EPSON ActionNote 890 Series

Interfaces

External VGA

Auto-sensing, 15-pin, D-sub, female

 

connector for analog monitor; supports

 

simultaneous display with LCD using

 

Fn F10 hot-key sequence or software

 

command

Parallel

Centronics® compatible; 25-pin,

 

D-sub, female connector; bidirectional

 

S-bit parallel; autodetects ECP or EPP

 

devices when connected and turned on

 

at system start-up

Serial

RS-232C, programmable, asynchronous,

 

9-pin, D-sub male connector, UART

 

16C550C

External

Auto-sensing, 6-pin, mini-DIN

keyboard/mouse connector for a PS/2-type external

 

keyboard, keypad, or pointing device

Phone jack or

Supports RJ-11 connector with optional

infrared option

internal fax/modem installed or

 

IrDA-compliant interface card; up to

 

115.2 kbits/second to a distance of

 

3.3 feet (1 meter) within a 30° viewing

 

angle; can use COM1(3F8h) or COM2

 

(2F8h)

Speaker

Internal; automatically disabled when

 

optional audio card is installed and line-

 

out is used

Audio input and

Connectors for external microphone,

output

line-in, and line-out when optional

 

audio card is installed

Port replicator

Connector for optional ActionPort™

 

Replicator

Security

Connector for optional Kensington®

 

security device

Keyboard

85 keys; 101-key keyboard compatible;

 

embedded numeric keypad; Fn key for

 

hot key commands

ActionPoint

Built-in touchpad pointing device with

 

two buttons compatible with standard

 

PS/2 mouse driver software; can be

 

disabled with Setup

Volume

Knob adjusts sound of internal speaker

Control

or audio card (if installed)

Mass Storage

Hard disk drive

One removable internal IDE hard disk

 

drive, 2.5-inch form factor; maximum

 

height 19 mm; Setup automatically

 

recognizes and configures drives that

 

support the IDE interface; parameters

 

for the supported drives are as follows:

Diskette drive

Internal 3.5-inch diskette drive; 720KB or

 

 

1.44MB format; supports lower power

 

 

consumption

 

 

Setup Program

Stored in ROM; accessible by pressing

 

 

F8 at system startup; includes power

 

 

management utilities

 

 

Software

One time choice of MS-DOS® and

 

 

Microsoft Windows® or Windows® 95;

 

 

also pre-installed Lotus® Smart Suite,®

 

 

NetCom™ NetCruiser™ trial versions of

 

 

CompuServe®, PRODIGY,®

America

 

 

Online,® and OAG® FlightDisk;®

 

 

SystemSoft® drivers and utilities for

 

 

PC cards, drivers and utilities for video

 

 

system and touchpad; online version of

 

 

User’s Guide; all installed on the hard

 

 

disk drive; refer to About Your Software

 

 

card for details on EPSON’s support

 

 

policy

 

 

 

 

LCD Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen type

 

 

 

 

 

 

(all backlit)

 

Monochrome

I Passive color

 

Active color

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

Resolutions

 

640 x 480.

1 640 x 480.

 

 

 

and colors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diagonal

 

 

 

 

10.4 inches

 

measurement,

 

 

 

 

 

 

active area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN890-2

8/25/95