Slots for optional disk drives. You can add another floppy disk drive (1.44MB, 1.2MB, 720KB, or 360KB) and/or hard disk drive in these slots. All Equity II+ units come with at least one 1.2MB floppy disk drive.
Hard disk drive light. A green light indicates that the drive is being accessed. To avoid losing data, do not turn off the computer’s power when this light is on.
Power light. When the light is on, the power is on. The light is orange if the CPU (central processing unit) speed is 8 MHz and green for 12 MHz.
RESET button. Press this button to reset the computer. When an operating system is running and the computer is unlocked, you can press the RESET button to reboot the system.
CPU SPEED switch. Use this switch to select the CPU’s execution speed: slide it to the left to run at 8 MHz and slide it to the right to run at 12 MHz.
MONITOR SELECT switch. Slide this switch to the left if you are using a monochrome monitor or to the right if you are using a color monitor.
Keyboard cable socket. Plug in the keyboard cable here.
The back panelNow look at the back panel to identify the input/output ports. Figure
Voltage switch
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Parallel | Serial | Option card |
port | port | access slots |
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