Introduction

Your Epson® Equity™ II+ personal computer is a versatile, high- performance system that offers you a wide variety of choices. First you choose between two models of the Equity II+ main unit, then select the monitor and peripherals you want to use with it to assemble the configuration that does the most for you.

The Equity II+ main unit is available in these models:

One 1.2MB (megabyte) high-density floppy disk drive

One 1.2MB floppy disk drive and one 40MB internal hard disk drive.

Both models include 640KB (kilobytes of memory. You can install additional ) drives in your Equity II+ to increase its storage capacity: another floppy disk drive (360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB) or one hard disk.

The Equity II+ comes with both a serial interface and a parallel inter- face. These interfaces let you connect an Epson printer or plotter, or almost any peripheral device you choose.

You can further expand the capabilities of your Equity II+ by adding optional cards to which you connect external devices. The Equity II+ has six option slots in which you can install option cards. (One slot holds the parallel and serial interfaces.)

You choose the type of monitor you want to use with your Equity II+. A monitor requires a video card. Here are some monitors and video cards you can use with the Equity II+:

Monochrome monitor (green or amber) and monochrome video card

RGB (red, green, blue) color monitor and either a CGA (color graphics adapter) card or an EGA (enhanced graphics adapter) card

RGB enhanced color monitor and a CGA or EGA card

Composite monitor, either color or monochrome, and a CGA card

Monochrome monitor and an EGA card

EGA monitor and an EGA card.

User’s Guide

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