Epson Equity II 79

How To Obtain Warranty Service information: You may request additional warranty service information by contacting your Epson Dealer, the Epson Service Branch nearest you, or by contacting Epson America, Inc. at the address or phone number printed below :

		EPSON SERVICE	BRANCHES
Epson West			Epson	America Northeast
1000 A. Ortega Way			65 Bay State Drive
Placentia, CA		92670	Braintree, MA 02184
(714)	632-9560		(617)649-1870
Epson	Pacific	Corp.	Epson	Great Lakes
385 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 9			13500 Reeck Road
S. San Francisco, CA 94080			Southgate, MI		48195
(415)589-4950			(313)281-2800
Mountain States Epson			Great	Northern	Epson
5667	North Broadway		3050 Ranchview Lane
Denver, CO 80216			Minneapolis, MN 55447
(303)296-9364			(612)559-0992
Epson East			Epson Mid-America, inc.
200 Benton Street			2666 Metro Blvd.
Stratford, CT		06497	Maryland Heights, MO 63043
(203)377-7l7l			(314)	291-6300
Epson	America South, Inc.		Epson	Mid-Atlantic
5600 Oakbrook Pkwy., Suite 260			171 Rittenhouse Circle
Norcross, GA		30093	Keystone Park
(404)447-1414			Bristol, PA 19007
			(215)	788-3575
Epson	Midwest, Ltd.		Epson	America Southwest
106 Garlisch Drive			6000 Campus Circle
Elk Grove, IL 60007			Irving, TX 75062
(312)	952-8222		(214)	659-0353

Epson America, Inc.

Service Division

23610 Telo Street

Torrance, CA 90505

(213) 534-4234

Contents

Equity™ User’s Guide Page Page Equity II User’s Guide (Page 18) G W-BASICfor the Equity II/III (Pages 7-203to 7-207) MS-DOSfor the Equity II/III (Page 10-16) Contents Appendixes Figures Tables Introduction How To Use This Manual Setting Up Your System Unpacking Choosing a Location Choose a location that provides the following: Arranging the Components Figure 1-2.Alternate system arrangement The Front Panel The Back Panel Figure 1-4.Back panel The back panel components work as follows: Connecting the Power Cord Connecting a Video Monitor Connecting the Keyboard Figure 1-7.Connecting the keyboard Connecting a Printer Figure 1-9.Printer placement Figure 1-10.Connecting a printer 5.Plug the printer’s power cable into an electrical outlet Serial interface The Equity II character set Setting the DIP Switches Table 1-1.Set 1 DIP switches Switch (internal parallel Table l-2 and the descriptions below explain how to set the DIP switches in set l-2 Note: Switches 2-l through 2-4 and switch 2-6 are not used. Leave them Table 1-2.Set 2 DIP switches 8 (internal serial Using the Equity 64g KB RAM available Inserting and Removing Diskettes Special Keys on the Equity II Keyboard Using MS-DOSon the Equity Selecting an Execution Speed Resetting the Computer Turning Off the Equity Using Disks and Disk Drives How Disks Work Choosing Diskettes for the Equity Table 3-lshows what types of diskettes to use in the two types of drives Table 3-1. Drive/diskette compatibility Caring for Disks and Disk Drives Protecting your Data Using a Single Floppy Disk Drive Using a Hard Disk Drive Page Installing Option Cards Removing the Main Unit Cover As shown in Figure Figure 4-1. Back panel screws Figure 4-2.Side screws under plastic inserts Figure 4-3.Removing the main unit cover Installing an Option Card Figure 4-d. Inserting an option card 7.Keep the card’s packing materials in case you need to remove the card later Removing an access slot cover Replacing the Main Unit Cover Post-InstallationAdjustments Removing an Option Card Using a Mouse Using a Modem Troubleshooting The Computer Fails To Start Up The Video Display Does Not Appear The Computer Hangs Up or Freezes Floppy Disk Problems Hard Disk Problems Software Problems Printer Problems Option Card Problems Memory Problems The Battery Is Low CMOS battery needs replacing Page Equity II Specifications CPU and Memory Controllers Interfaces Power Supply Mass Storage Keyboard Environmental Requirements (5"to35T) Physical Characteristics (CPU Only) Power Requirements Options Glossary Code Command Configuration Control code CPU Disk drive has a Diskette DOS Double-density Hardware Any physical Highdensity data Input/output port Monochrome monitor Mouse MS-DOS An operating system from Microsoft. See DOS, Operating system Operating system Program Read Read/write head Reset RGB Software The programs that System diskette Write-protect tab Index Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 22 B-6 16 RS-232Cport 9-10, 16, A-2, B-6 secondary B-7 10-11 21, 27 12 A-4