3.Environmental conditions. It’s important to keep your com- puter shielded from extremes in temperature, humidity, dust, and smoke. You’d be amazed at how smoke of any kind- cigarette, cigar, pipe, or even woodstove-can affect the in- tegrity of your diskettes. Like dust, smoke particles adhere to the magnetic surfaces of your diskettes and can damage the reading ability of the heads in the diskette drives.
In addition, avoid direct sunlight, heater ducts, and other hot areas. Also, don’t use the QX-10 in damp areas- excessive humidity can hinder operation.
4.A double 3-prong l20-volt grounded outlet. You’ll need one outlet for the main unit and another for an Epson printer (or other additional equipment). Using this type of outlet helps prevent static charges. Most importantly, be sure the socket is grounded!
5.Clearance from other electrical appliances. Keep your QX-10 away from anything that generates magnetic fields. This may come as a surprise, but everything that plugs into an elec- trical outlet can generate a magnetic field that could cause problems. Even your telephone can upset things if it’s kept too close to your equipment or diskettes.
Once you’re sure you have the ideal place to set up your QX-10, carefully open the other three cartons. Use a small, sharp tool such as a pocketknife to cut the tape-carefully. Your QX-10 is well packaged, but there’s no reason to risk scratching its case. You’ll find the QX-10 monitor (also known as the video display), keyboard, and main unit wrapped in clear plastic and snugly fitted in its packing. With each unit you’ll also find a cable and a registration card.
Fill out the registration cards when you purchase your QX-10 and mail them to Epson. With your registration cards on file, Epson can provide continuing hardware and software support to help you in using your QX-10.
Be sure to keep the cartons (and the packing materials) in case you should ever need to ship your QX-10. After you’ve removed the QX-10 components from their cartons, inspect the components before assembly and, if anything looks damaged or otherwise wrong, return it to the dealer.