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1. One new addition to the recommended product list is the RAMpage 286 Plus board from AST This board was released in February 1990 and is compatible with I O bus speeds of 12MHz Product Support Bulletin Subject Equity II Ill and 386 20 Compatibility with New Western Digital Hard Disk Controllers Date 9 8 89 PSB No S 0101 Page 1 of 1 Originator PNMe AM Western Digital has introduced a new series of 16 bit hard disk controllers that replaces the models previously certified for use in our Equity Series computers This bulletin reports on the compatibility of the new model controllers in our 80286 and 80386 based computers Current Model New Model WD1003A WAH WD1003V MM1 Used in the Equity Il and IIl and currently available from Epson America the WD1003A WAH has been replaced in Western Digital s product line by the WD1003V MM1 The new controller is capable of providing a 2 1 interleave format This controller card has been tested in the Equity Il and III with the Epson 20Mb and 40Mb hard drives as well as the Seagate ST 251 Tests were performed using a 2 1 interleave factor and all tests were completed successfully Current Model New Model WD1006A WAH WD1006V MM1 The WD1006A WAH hard disk drive controller card used in the Equity 386 20 and currently available from Epson America has been replaced in Western Digital s product line by the WD1006V MM1 The new controller is capable of provi
2. 10 MHz does not function correctly as a file server with the 3Com 3C505 2012 network card NUMBER S 0061 PAGE 7 of Configurations tested with ELS NetWare 286 Level 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Novell Ethernet NE1000 Passed Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level 2 0a NetWare Utilities DI SKSET Preset PREPARE Passed INSTALL Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C501 Passed Comments The II 10 MHz will not function as a file server at 10 MHz with the Novell DCB however it will function correctly at 8 MHz with the DCB Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level MII 2 0a NetWare Utilities DI SKSET Preset PREPARE Passed INSTALL Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS SMC PD Arcnet Passed Comments The II 10 MHz will not function as a file server at 10 MHz with the Novell DCB however it will function correctly at 8 MHz with the DCB Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level II 2 1 Net Ware Utilities NETGEN Passed NETWARE DRI VER CONFI GURATI ONS STATUS Micom NP600 Passed Novell Ethernet NE1000 Passed Etherlink Plus 3C505 1194 Passed Etherlink Plus 3 505 2012 Failed Comments The II 10 MHz does not function correctly as a file server with the 3Com 3C505 2012 network card Volume SYS shut down and many FAT and DIR errors were noted 13 NUMBER S 0061 Workstation Configurations tested with Advanced
3. JO e DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION 2 Detailed Description of Certain Component Parts 3 3 MODIFICATION UNIT NAME REASON FOR MODIFICATION DESCRIPTION oO SPF2 i 1 Modification Please see circuit diagram Please see circuit diagram 1 This modification is Board Unit of an address location G4 location G4 necessary to add the RWC decode circuit ea enerater circuit to the SPF2 board NOTE There is no y functional Y16220310000 modification to this address decode sai circuit Y16220700000 2 Addition of Please see circuit diagram Please see circuit diagram 2 To allow use of a 3 5 the RWC signal location J3 lecation J3 inch FDD of 1 44 MB generate circul capacity 3 Addition of Please see circuit diagram Please see circuit diagram 3 To adjust the DACK2 a delay circuit location H3 location H3 signal timing FDC receives the DACK2 signal incorrectly when the CPU clock speed is 12 MHz if the dela circuit is not installed 4 Addition of Please see circuit diagram Please see circuit diagram 4 To be able to disable a FDC register location location H2 the FDC register set disable circuit 5 Deletion of a no effect function See section 2 3 4 4 u Deletion of Please see circuit diagram Please see circuit diagram e jumper location location G6 connector Jil Jo 2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION 2 3 Switch and Ju
4. cards at the same time Whenever two or more driver configurations are listed together in this report it is an indication of bridge testing and that the drivers and cards are functioning at the same time ASYNC Communications Testing Modems and telephone lines are used to communicate between the file server and a remote workstation using an asynchronous operating system driver and shell driver controlling the serial ports Extended Hardware Testing Novell Disk Coprocessor boards DCB and Novell SCSI disk subsystem interface boards DIB are used in the file server to connect Novell disk subsystems to the file server Note that the DCBs are only tested on the I and II as they are only compatible with the 16 bit AT type bus Network printing is tested by sending a print job from a workstation to a printer connected to the file server Workstation Testing In situations where only a workstation driver is available the system is tested as a workstation such as with the Novell Network Interface Cards NICs Novell Supplied Software and Hardware The Equity I has been tested using the following software and hardware Software Hardware Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a Novell supported NICs The Equity II and II have been tested using the following Software and hardware Software Hardware Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a Novell supported NICs Advanced NetWare 286 2 0a Novell SCSI DIB Non dedicated Adv NetWare 286 2 0a Novell DCB SFT NetW
5. 03 How do you disable the parallel port on the EQII 10 12MHz A To disable the parallel port jumpers J3 and J4 on the SPF2 and SPF2 12 boards must be set to position BC To enable the parallel port set the jumpers to AC Q4 Are there any extension cables available for the EQIl 10 12MHz enhanced keyboard A Epson does not provide extension cables due to FCC restrictions Third party extension cables will work although they will not have a 90 degree angle connector Q5 Q7 PSB No S 0051A Originator JDB ci EQII 10 12MHz enhanced keyboard be used with the No the EQ III BIOS does not support the enhanced keyboard We recommend third party keyboards like the Datadesk 101 This keyboard has its own BIOS support in the keyboard and is switch selectable to operate with IBM PC XT and AT type computers What are the primary differences between the EQII 10MHz and the EQll 12MHz The major differences are P7 Tau tema ar zema Software O MS DOS 3 MS 00S 3 3 Serial Parallel MEA SPF2 12 FDD Controller System Board ANDRO ANDRO Y162201000 Y162208000 1 44MB 3 5 YES FDO Support Why has Epson stopped supplying Miniscribe 40MB drives Epson has standardized on the CDC 40MB hard drive which has the same features as the Miniscribe in a half height frame This drive can be used in the EQl II and Ill systems 08 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 PSB No S 0051A
6. Correction of Tes Refer to SI 88 014 SUBSTITUTION No No Yes No REASON FOR MODIFICATION POSSIBLE SCRIPTION 2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION 2 2 Detailed Description of Certain Copmeot Parts UD REASON FOR MODIFICATION Location i Tio oroya improve CPU speed Board Unit of bs C t PLCC t type art tici N80L286 10 C2H AMD c YPS 12 S AMD X402802869 X402802866 or or LCC type 12 INTEL Y16220100001 80286 10 INTEL 101802862 X401802861 or gt or N80L286 12 C2H AMD R80286 10 C2H AMD o 402802888 Y16220800000 X402802861 or F N80L286 12 E2H AMD SAB80286 10 C SIMENS X402802867 X400802861 or LCC t R86286 12 S AMD X402802863 2 Deletion oF This circuit is not necessary for the 12 MHz the 20 MHz system illator circuit 3 Connection To select the 12 MHz mode of the S12M of the GAATCX et 40 9 2 2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION Detailed Description of Certain Component Parts 2 3 MODIFICATION DESCRIPTION 10 MHZ For the 12 MHz version a new internal memory board ADR RM4 board is installed The design of the ADR RM4 board is similar to the design of the ADR RM3 RM3S board Please refer to the circuit diagrams A 5 differences A 6 and A 7 when you need to know the REASON FOR MODIFICATION 1 To improve RAM access speed 2 To improve serviceability
7. II 12 MHz will not boot to DOS using the IBM CLUSTER card Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare ND286 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS GENBIOS ND286 Passed NUMBER 0061 PAGE 12 of Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 286 2 0a NetWare driver configuration for dial in remote access NETWARE DRIVER CONFI GURATI ONS STATUS asye O SN aad Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 286 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFI GURATI ONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C50512012 Passed Configurations tested with ELS NetWare 286 Level 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Novell Ethernet NE1000 Passed Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level VII 2 0a NetWare Utilities PREPARE Passed INSTALL Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFI GURATI ONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C505 2012 Passed Comments The III 12 MHz will not function correctly at 12 MHz with the Novell DCB however it will function correctly at 8 MHz with the DCB Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level H 2 1 NetWare Utilities NETGEN Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFI GURATI ONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C5051 1194 Passed Etherlink Plus 3C505 2012 Passed Etherlink 3C501 Passed Novell Ethernet NE1000 Passed Micom NP600 Passed 13 NUMBER 0061 Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS SMC PD Arcnet Novell RX NET StarLan Omni Net Gateway IBM PC NET IBM Token Ring Netwo
8. Originator JDB Can a 1 44MI3 3 5 floppy disk drive be used in the EQ Il 10 12MHz The EQ II 10MHz does not support a 1 44MB floppy drive at either the ROM BIOS or floppy disk controller level The EQ II 12MHz does support a 1 44MHz floppy drive After installing an EGA monitor EGA card and setting up the system correctly continuously get a 162 set up error when the computer boots up When setting up your system for use with an EGA monitor you must set the DISPLAY parameters in SETUP to Special Options What is the dot pitch of the Epson 4095 EGA monitor The dot pitch is 31mm What hard drive controllers can be used in an EQ Il 10 12MHz ES following HDD controllers have been certified in the EQ II Western Digital WD1002 WX1 Set drive type to 1 i WD1003 WAH 6 i WD1003 WA2 y WD1002 27X RLL IBM Enhanced AT DTC 5160 CRH RLL What is the average access time of the hard drive in the EQ Il 10 12MHz The access time of the hard drive supplied by Epson CDC is 28ms What 80287 co processor for the EQ II 10MHz and 12MHz systems Epson recommends the 80287 8 co processor Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 PSB No S 0051A Originator JDB Will the EQ II 10 12MHz support three floppy drives No The Epson controller and ROM BIOS supports a maximum of two floppy drives A second controller cannot be accessed On my EG II 10MHz when pre
9. also useful under MS DOS 3 30 After HDFMTALL simply run FDISK to set up the partitions and logical drives and then FORMAT each logical partition Pin 2 is the HS3 Head Select 3 signal which is used to select the 9th head Masking this signal off will permanently de select the 9th head preventing the system from generating an error condition Although this procedure does not yield the full 80MB capacity of the disk drive and is not recommended as a standard practice it may prove useful in certain situations Subject Date Page Product Support Bulletin Equity Series HDD Controllers Jumper Settings 6 12 89 PSB NO S 0070A 1 of 8 Originator APA APA This bulletin provides information on the jumper settings for the hard disk controllers used in Epson Equity computers Please refer to the following pages for information regarding specific hard disk controllers Model Page WD1002A WX1 WD1002S WX2 WD1003 WAH WADG escorias s 2 3 4 WD1002 WAH 5 6 WD1006S WAH 7 8 ACB 29320 ui ee e ed eae HDD Controller WD1002A WX1 8 bit Model number Jumper WI W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 Ws J2 WD1002A WX1 JS HHARARERR SU HEHEHE Extra jumper FACTORY SETTINGS Position N A N A 1 to 2 2 to 3 hard wired 1 to 2 2 to 3 hard wired 1 to 2 2 to 3 Description Not used Not used BIOS ROM is enabled on controller
10. ll and Equity Ill have jumpers on the system memory boards to allow memory to be disabled to 256K and 512K EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE 3 3 88 NUMBER S 0039 SUBJECT EQUITY SERIES POWER AVAILABLE amp CONSUMPTION The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information regarding the available power and the power consumption of the option boards and system subassemblies of the Equity series computers Page 2 provides the Equity series computer power supply available current output and typical current draw of the individual subassemblies found in each computer Page 3 provides information on the typical current draw of Epson supplied option boards floppy disk drives and hard disk drives for the Equity series computers Page 1 of 3 EQUITY SERIES COMPUTERS AVAILABLE POWER VERSUS SYSTEM BOARD SUBASSEMBLIES CURRENT DRAW REQUIREMENTS Mo arios 110mA o IT Avail PE 4 4A Ta 300mA 300mA Goce 110mA ANDRO Board Including ADR RM3 ANTA Board Page 2 of 3 EQUITY OPTIONS POWER CONSUMPTION a po js vis rear a a ESCOTE AIN E 8087 80287 Coprocessor 0 310 375ma mmm om pa po po CC Paf o u MD5201 57 58 360KB FDD Equity II II III 250mA Typ 460mA Max 1 314 Start MD 5501 61 1 2MB FDD 240mA Typ 150mA Typ Equity II III 1 66A Max 170mA Max FD1155C 1 2MB FDD 210mA Typ 460mA Typ Equity II III 390mA
11. memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity II and Equity Ill 10MHz models The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity II and Equity Ill 10MHz models Advantage Premium AST Research Rampage 286 AST Research Above Board 286 Intel Corporation Above Board 286 p s Intel Corporation Grande Byte A STB Systems Rio Grande STB Systems Elite 16 Profit Systems run at 8MHz not at 10MHt What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity Il and Equity Ill 12MHz models The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity II and Equity Ill 12MHz models Rampage 286 Plus AST Research Elite 16 Profit Systems Above Board Plus Intel Corporation NOTE Previously boards from Micron Technology were listed as compatible Q12 with the 12MHz models of the Equity Il and Equity Ill They have been removed from the list because Micron no longer produces ISA memory boards How do you expand the memory of the Equity 386 20 Memory expansion in the Equity 386 20 can be accomplished by adding SIMMs single in line memory modules to the CHET RM board Both 256K and 1Mb SIMMs are available from Epson America The 256K SIMMs are sold in 1Mb kits and the 1Mb SIMMs are sold in 2Mb kits Compatible third party 1Mb SIMMs are available from Matsushita Toshiba and CDC Enterprises You can also use third party memory expansion boards such as those listed above for the Equity II
12. retry ignore messages result when attempting to log a new disk Typically r for retry will overcome this Situation MS DOS 3 2 operation with the Q213A AA is correct EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE PSB N S 0001C PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE 6 29 88 PAGE 1 of 5 SUB ECT EQUITY SERIES FDD HDD COMPATIBILITY MATRIX This document provides updated compatibility information on floppy disk drives hard disk drives and hard disk controllers which have been supplied or are currently being supplied with the Equity series computers from Epson America Inc Also included is information on which low level hard disk format procedures should be used with the various versions of hard disk Please refer controller boards to the Equity I IL UI IBMPC COMPATIBLE HARDWARE SOFTWARE DIRECTORY supplied by Epson America s Marketing Department for information regarding third party floppy disk EPSON AMERICA and hard drive compatibility SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 NUMBER S 0001C PAGE 2 of 5 EQUITY SERIES FLOPPY DISK DRIVE COMPATIBILITY MATRIX oe sa umm sra an x _ Pesos co x J eee en x _ owa enon p las ICI r e fa fe fe e sorse em E E E oer ne sao O CA E EA poe O eee x es saso cers eran Trusso manson x pes cano
13. server it is necessary to change the jumper selecting IRQ on the network board and to modify the IRQ selected by NET OS EXE for the network software The options for alternate IRQ settings are IRQ3 IRQ4 and IRG7 In order to modify the NET OS EXE interrupt setting you must acquire a copy of the Novell utility SCONFIG EXE This utility is available on the GENOS 3 disk from the Novell Advanced Netware package It is also available from the Novell Users Forum NOVUSER on the Compuserve Information Service and thanks to the cooperation of the Novell Technical Support group on the Epson Product Support RBBS The procedure for modifying the IRQ setting with the SCONFIG command is as follows 1 Copy SCONFIG EXE to the disk containing the working copy of NET OS EXE 2 Type SCONFIG NET OS lt CR gt in order to get the option table listing interface types for available IRQs I O Base addresses and RAM Buffer addresses 3 Select interface type and enter the command SCONFIG NET OS A t lt CR gt where t interface type number NOTE This problem does not occur with Novell ELS Level II or with Novell Advanced Netware Nor does it occur with ELS Level in either the Ethernet NE 1000 or the 3Com EtherLink configuration EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN p PSB NO S 0073 DATE 03 17 89 ORIGINATOR KAS PAGE 1 of 1 SUBJECT Micron Technology Expanded Extended Memory Boards in the Equity II and I
14. the Apex Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 PSB No S 0047C Page 6of6 Are there any general guidelines for determining the chip speed to install on the memory expansion boards Yes if the CPU speed is 8MHz or less use 150ns RAM chips If the CPU speed is 10 12MHz use 120ns RAM chips Is there anything that should be kept in mind during the installation procedure for the memory expansion boards Yes when installing the memory boards in the Equity II and Equity Ill 12MHz models remember that the bus speed is 12MHz For example the Intel Above Board 288 and Above Board Plus allow you to set up the bus speed and chip speed in their installation programs What is meant by backfilling memory when using software such as DESQview Backfilling is a function of many expanded memory boards which allows a portion of the board s memory to be used as conventional memory In this way you could turn a 256K system into one with 840K memory or more In certain situations you may want to disable some of the computers conventional memory and the use the memory on the expansion board i e DESQview Which Epson computers have memory settings that allow backfilling memory The Equity I Equity Equity Il and Equity Ill allow backfill The Equity comes with 256K standard and the Apex comes with 512K thus allowing backfill The Equity has DIP switch settings allowing system memory to be disabled to 256K or 512K The Equity
15. to 16Mb As it reguires a 24 bit address to access memory in this range extended memory is handled by the protected mode of the 80286 Examples of currently available software that can switch into protected mode to use extended memory are Framework Il AutoCAD the VDisk RAM disk and Xenix OS How does LIM EMS 4 0 the latest version differ from the earlier version LIM EMS 3 2 EMS 4 0 supports up to 32Mb of expanded memory where EMS 3 2 supported only 8Mb EMS 4 0 has been changed to make it easier for applications to share expanded memory In EMS 4 0 page mapping has been streamlined and new functions allow application programs to dynamically increase and decrease the amount of expanded memory allocated to them In previous versions of EMS the page frame was located in an unused 64K block of memory between 640K and 1Mb EMS 4 0 subject to limitations in the system hardware supports the page frame anywhere in the first 1Mb of memory Before EMS 4 0 the page frame held four pages Now you can define a page frame of up to eight pages in memory above 640K The size of the page frame is limited only by the amount of available memory There has also been a change to support the smaller than standard 16K memory pages used by some expanded memory boards Is EMS 4 0 compatible with my old expanded memory board The EMM 4 0 driver works with existing hardware You don t need to buy a new expanded memory board However until you use app
16. 7 6 6 miz Equity III 6 8 10 12 MHz 80287 8 8 MHz Product enhanced with increased CPU speed of 6 8 12Mhz starting with all units manufactured in the U S A Page 1 of 1 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB NO S 0017A DATE 6 29 88 SUBJECT EQUITY COMPUTERS AND FLOPPY DISK DRIVES There is still some confusion regarding which FDDs will work with which Equity Here is a quick reference for FDD selection for detailed information refer to PSB Number S 0001 Equity Epson Q520A AA 360 KB Equity J Epson Q213A AA 360 KB Epson A112A AA 720 KB 3 5 Equity Epson Q213A AA 360 KB Epson Q911A AA 1 2 MB Equity L Epson Q213A AA KB Epson Q212A AA i MB Epson A112A AA KB 3 5 Equity Epson Q213A AA KB Epson Q212A AA 1 2 MB Equity Epson Q213A AA Epson Q212A AA m MB Epson A112A AA KB 3 5 l This is the only FDD compatible with the Equity I 2 This is the only 1 2 MB FDD compatible with the Equity IL One of the key issues is NEVER USE ANY 1 2 MB FDD OTHER THAN THE Q911A AA IN THE EQUITY Il The interface is slightly different from the AT standard As a result an AT type drive will work erratically if at all One of the problems is a disk change error or continuing to use the directory from a previous disk Also on the Equity II MS DOS 3 2 does not allow sufficient retries on diskette read write with the 0911A AA Consistent Abort
17. 701301 B777701001 R E144 citai STA 0007 STA 1003 E73 113003 8777501801 000 pa rs K E135 ae 11 a G 51 40g B777601701 8777700101 77701001 B705100001 STA 0007 ST 1003 aa B777701601 DK Gar B77770010 8 i l a et a a g E J m J o ww FR ow 2 O 6 51 40 B705100001 5 TTA NOTE DESCRIPTIO NOTE 1 This depends on each NOTE 2 Please jrefer to Techni al Manual NOTE 3 250 d us Also the NOTE 4 i Not app dlicable op Page 2 of 2 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE 12 14 87 NUMBER S 0031 SUBJECT Eguity Series with Microsoft Word and Serial Printers This bulletin is to inform you of a potential problem when using Microsoft Word certain Eguity computers and a serial printer The situation exists on Eguity I BIOS rev 2 21 or earlier Eguity I BIOS rev 1 02 Eguity II BIOS rev 2 00 Eguity III 10 MHz BIOS rev 1 50 or earlier Eguity III 12 MHz BIOS rev 2 00 Apex BIOS rev 1 00 When Word is configured to drive a serial printer via COM1 or COM2 it will print a character every 1 to 2 seconds A single line of text may take up to a minute to print Word uses BIOS interrupt 14h serial output function 1 send character to port for driving either COM port The function number is placed in the A
18. B 2322B ESDI controller See ECN EQII 005 2 6 91 3 03 22011035 ODD303 M27C128 SEE To resolve the problem that causes 3 03 22011036 EVEN303 M27C128 NOTE the inability to format double density diskettes in high density FDDs with DOS 5 0 installed NOTE For ADR RM3 and ADR RM5 boards ODD303 should be placed in location 4B and EVEN303 in location 3B For ADR RM4 boards ODD303 should be placed in location 3B and EVEN303 in location 4B See ECN EQII 006 4 2 93 LOC 1 06 Y 186806002 LNX A03 27C256 14F 1 07 Y186807003 LNX B04 27C256 11E Fixes problem with the SMD 449L 1 07 Y186806003 LNX A04 27C256 14F 1 44MB FDD seek error and 720K being accessed at 300KB 1 13 Y186807004 CLNX BO5 27C256 11F To allow remote boot from DEPCA 1 13 Y186806004 CLNX AOS 27C256 14E network adapter To allow the expanded use of IDE hard drives ST 157A Ouantum Maxtor Rodime Western Digital To allow the use of Imprimis and Conner IDE drives in two drive configurations To allow proper initialization when executing a warm boot See ECN EOlle 002 2 6 91 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE Propuct SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB N S 0061 DATE 10 12 88 ORIGINATOR MWT PAGE lof 13 SUBJECT NOVELL NETWARE CERTIFICATION WITH EQUITY SERIES COMPUTERS The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information regarding compatibility between the Epson Equity series computers and Novell local area networking products This information w
19. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION SUBSTITUTION UNIT NAME REASON FOR MODIFICATION POSSIBLE DESCRIPTION Because the CPU clock No Modi fication F PANEL LABEL 02 th Y162036151 speed is increased from of e description of 10 MHz to 12 MHz the CPU speed NAME PLATE Modi fication Newly assigned for the No of the Name abbreviated abbreviated 12 MHz version Plate CODE LABEL Modification Newly assigned for the No of the Code abbreviated abbreviated 12 MHz version Labe CAUTION Deletion of CAUTION LABEL 6L 911 1400 The caution is printed N A LABEL the Caution Y911045051 directly on the lower case Label on the 12 MHz version LOWER CASE Modification LOWER CASE LOWER CASE It is possible to install Yes of the LOWER Y162020051 Y162020052 a half height HDD in the CASE middle bay FDD Deletion and Usable FDDs Usable FDDs For wider selection MB addition of the MD5501 Canon MD5501 Canon FDD OFT Addition of a To improve compatibility 1 44 MB new FDD as an 3 5 inch option Addition of a Vsable HDC Usable HDCs For wider selection See section new HDC WHDC Board WHDC Board epson 3 1 of this WD1003 WAH document Usable HDDs Usable HDDs For wider selection HMD 720 804 20 MB Epson 4 Me TOK100 CABLE SET Connection Y126308000 GND 4 Y126308001 GND 4 Countermeasure for See section 5BZ between GND E ElectroMagnetic Inter 3 1 of this and FG GND
20. Device address 320H BIOS ROM size 32K or 64K Reduced write current lt 8 heads IRQ 5 Disk controller I D set to be the first No jumper pins 1 and 2 are connected by a PCB board etch HDD Controller WD1002S WX2 8 bit Extra jumper se iN 5 i o 12348765 WD1002S WX2 FACTORY SETTINGS Model number Jumper Position Description Wl 1 to 2 Required for this configuration W 2 1 to 2 Required for this configuration W3 1 to 2 BIOS ROM is enabled on controller W4 2 to 3 Device address 320H W5 hard wired 1 to 2 BIOS ROM size 32K or 64K W6 2 to 3 Reduced write current lt 8 heads W7 hard wired 1 to 2 IRQ 5 No jumper pins 1 and 2 are connected by a PCB board etch HDD Controller WD1003 WAH 16 bit Model number FACTORY SETTINGS Jumper Position Wl 1 to 2 W2 No jumper W3 No jumper W4 2 to 3 WS 2 to 3 W6 2 to 3 No jumper pins Description Status read is latched Primary address selected Required for this configuration Required for this configuration Standard configuration Standard configuration Connection of LED indicator cable Model Equity III Equity II Equity III Pin 1 of J6 Orange wire Blue wire Red wire HDD Controller WD1002 WAH 16 bit gu S c WD1002 WAH FACTORY SETTINGS Model number i Jumper Position Description Wi l to 2 Primary base address
21. EPSON Product Support Bulletin Subject Proper Method for Running Benchmark and Diagnostics Programs Date 06 04 93 PSB No S 0158 Page s 1 of 1 Originator MWT This bulletin describes the proper method for running any benchmark or diagnostics programs This applies to any computer system In most cases the computer should be started using an MS DOS boot diskette that s clean in other words one with no CONFIG SYS or AUTOEXEC BAT files The appropriate executable can then be run either from diskette or hard drive There will be some exceptions to the above rule In attempting to benchmark or troubleshoot any add on that requires a device driver CD ROM local area network etc obviously the necessary device driver s must be loaded Also some programs will require a minimum number of FILES or BUFFERS to be defined in the CONFIG SYS file Such programs will usually display this requirement if they are run without the necessary CONFIG SYS file For the most consistent results use the absolute minimal boot configuration that s allowed by the hardware being tested zavan INFORMATION Product Support Bulletin UA Subject Maximum Number of Printers Supported by Current Eguity Computers Date 02 06 91 PSB No S 0128 Page s 1 of 1 Originator KAS As computing environments increase in complexity there has been an increasing number of instances that require the support of several printers by one computer On
22. EQ III IBM Enhanced AT MFM EQ II EQ III DTC 5160 CRH RLL EOQ Tits EQ III Western Digital WD1003 WA2 MFM EQ II EQ III Western Digital 1002 27X RLL EQ II EQ III Hard Drives Manufacturer Model Type For use in Epson HMD 720 MFM EO Clary EO IIt EQ ELLE CDC Wren II 94205 51 MFM EQ II EQ III Miniscribe 6053 MFM EQ III Miniscribe 8438F RLL EO TIt EO LLIF Memory Expansion Boards Manufacturer Model For use in AST Research Advantage Premium EQ II EO III AST Research Rampage 286 HO LEE EO TI IH Intel Corp Aboveboard EO ite BO ILIF Intel Corp Aboveboard 286 p s EQ II EQ III STB Systems Grande Byte EQ II EO III STB Systems Rio Grande EQ II EQ III Profit Systems Elite 16 EQ II EQ III Page 1 of 1 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE 12 2 87 NUMBER S 0019B SUBJECT EQUITY SERIES APEX MATH CO PROCESSOR SELECTION GUIDE The purpose of this bulletin is to assist in selecting the appropriate numeric co processor for use in the Epson Equity series computers and the Epson Apex computer Use the following table to determine which type of Numeric Co Processor is recommended for the corresponding computer i EPSON CPU NUMERIC COMPUTER SPEED CO PROCESSOR SPEED Eguity I 4 77MHz 8087 5 MHz Equity I 4 77 10MHz 8087 1 10 MHz Eguity II 4 77 7 16MHz 8087 2 8 MHz Eguity II 8 10MHz 80287 8 8 MHz Equity III 6 8MHz 8028
23. FG GND FG ference document F PANEL LABEL Y162036051 usable FDD s FD1155C NEC FD1157C NEC FD1157C NEC D509V Red LED MITSUMI D508V Green L D MITSUMI Usable FDD SMD 449L 502 HMD 720 804 20 MB ia TD5046 49 TOKICO TD5046 40 D5146H 40 MB NEC D5146H_ 40 MB NEC 94205 51 40 MB CDC el 40 F DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 12MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION 1 Major parts 2 2 MODIFICATION UNIT NAME To increase CPU aE Yies2psa0000 from 10 MHz to 12 MHz Modi fication eed Unit of the circuit Y162201800017 design Internal Modi fication of Y16220410 oard Unit ADR RM4 Board Unit 1 To improve RAM access speed Memory the internal 0000 Y16220600000 Board memory card ADR RM3S Board Unit 2 To improve service Y16220500000 ability SPF2 Modi fication SPF2 Board Unit SPF2 Board Unit 1 It is possible to use Board Unit of the circuit Y16220310000 Y16220700000 1 44 MB 3 5 inch FDD s rane 2 It is possible to dis ablethe FDC register set 3 Deletion of jum connector Jll on the circuit board BIOS ROM cran e of the Version 1 55 Version 2 2 1 Modification of the IOS prog ADR Al Y162802000 ADR A2 Yi62e02001 test procedure for the ADR B1 Y162803000 ADR B2 Y162803001 diskette data transfer rate 2
24. H register and the interrupt called On return AH is supposed to contain the line control status However AH is still set to 1 indicating that a character is ready to be received Word then calls interrupt 14h function 2 receive character and attempts to receive the character After 1 to 2 seconds the routine times out and transmission is resumed There are three methods of correcting this situation 1 If the printer supports hardware handshaking redirect the printer output MODE LPT1 COM1 and configure Word for LPT1 This works reliably with Epson printers or similar devices 2 Epson has developed a patch program SERFIX COM This is a TSR that insures that proper status is returned from INT 14h function 1 This program is available from CompuServe Epson and Microsoft Forums and the Product Support Center BBS 3 A revised ROM BIOS has been developed for the above systems This is a limited release and will only be supplied on an as needed basis Method 1 is the easiest solution Method 2 is effective and is recommended for individual users Method 3 should be reserved for large multi unit upgrades on an as needed basis Please contact the Systems Support Group if you need additional information Page 1 of 1 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB NO S 0028A DATE 6 29 88 PA GE 1 of 1 SUBJECT EPSON 3 5 720KB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE COMPATIBILITY The purpose of this bullet
25. II 12MHz This bulletin provides information concerning expanded and extended memory boards which are recommended for use in the 12 MHz models of the Equity II and M Due to the fact that the I O bus speed of both the Eguity II and the Equity II is the same as the CPU speed selected there are some problems in compatibility with expanded and extended memory boards when operating the systems at 12MHz At this time we have found one manufacturer whose boards function reliably at all CPU speeds They are Micron Technol ogy Micron is located at Micron Technology Inc Systems Group 2805 East Columbia Road Boise ID 83706 Telephone 800 642 7661 Micron Technology has several models of both extended and expanded type memory boards Please contact them for Specifications and pricing information EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB NO 0072 DATE 03 17 89 ORIGINATOR KAS PAGE 1 of 2 SUB ECT Using Seagate ST251 and ST4096 Hard Disk Drives in the Equity II and III This bulletin provides the information required to successfully install two of the more popular hard disk drives the Seagate ST 251 and ST 4096 in the Equity II and II desktop computers ST 251 The ST 251 is a 5 25 half height 40MB HDD Unfortunately the drive parameters 820 cylinders with 6 heads are somewhat unusual and are no
26. IIl 013 Q14 Q15 Q16 PSB No S 0047C Page 5of6 Are there any guidelines to installing the SIMMs in the Equity 386 20 Yes when SIMMs are installed to increase memory beyond 1Mb they must be installed so that banks of SIMMs are installed as matched pairs See the matrix below Memory Bank0 Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 1MB 4X256KB 2MB 4X256KB 4X256KB 4MB 4X256KB 4X256KB 4X256KB 4X256KB 4MB 4X1MB 8MB 4X1 MB 4X1 MB 10MB 4X1 MB 4X1 MB 4X256KB 4X256KB 16MB 4X1 MB 4X1 MB 4X1 MB 4X1 MB Note Refer to PSB S 0095 for 18MB RAM Setup information Is there a driver supplied with the Equity 386 20 to allow the use of the extended memory as expanded memory Yes the Equity 386 20 system software includes the device driver EEMM386EXE This driver emulates LIM EMS 4 0 memory using the extended memory supplied by the additional SIMMs It will support only the onboard memory above 1 MB up to 15MB This is the maximum memory that can be installed on the CHET RM pa It will not support memory installed on memory expansion oards Are there any expanded memory boards that are compatible with the Equity LT No the option slots on the LT require a special connector The hard drive controller and the LT cartridge modem are the only option cards currently available from Epson America What expanded memory boards are compatible with the Apex by Epson The Above Board PC from Intel Corporation has been tested by Epson in
27. K limit through bank switching The expanded memory is divided into 16K portions called pages The computer accesses these pages through a page frame or window which is 64K of memory located between 768K and 896K in 80286 based systems and between 800K and 960K in 8086 or 8088 based systems 16K pages of memory are allocated for an application s use and the EMM Expanded Memory Manager handles the job of mapping the pages in and out of the page frame as they are needed However in order to make use of expanded memory the software must be written to take advantage of the EMS Software such as Lotus 1 2 3 Microsoft Windows and Borland s SideKick Plus make use of expanded memory EMS is limited to 8Mb of expanded memory What is EEMS A superset of EMS AQA EEMS AST Quadram Ashton Tate Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification provides greater flexibility in the mapping of expanded memory However it also uses the technique of bank switching and has its own memory manager which accommodates such specially written software as Quarterdeck s DESQview EEMS is also limited to 8Mb of expanded memory 03 04 Q5 PSB No S 0047C Page 2 of 6 wna about the 155Mb RAM listed as the maximum for the Equity This larger amount of RAM is the maximum usable memory range for an 80286 microprocessor and generally refers to extended memory Extended memory starts at the 1Mb boundary and extends out
28. Max 900mA Start SMD 489 3 5 720KB FDD 400mA Typ Equity I II III 1A Max HMD 720 3 5 20MB HDD 580mA Typ 200ma Typ 2A Start up 360mA Max NEC D5146 40MB HDD 1 2A Typ Half eS Equity III CDC 92405 40MB HDD Half height Equity II III Miniscribe 40MB HDD Full Height Equity III A Max 2A Seek 3A Start 400mA Typ 600mA Max IA Start AAA TYP 2A Max 4 5A Start 800mA Typ 1 8A Max 3 5A Start 900mA Typ Page 3 of 3 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE 3 3 88 NUMBER S 0038 SUBJECT EQUITY SERIES FLOPPY DISK DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information on technical specifications of Epson supplied floppy disk drives used in the Eguity series computers Also contained in this document is information on floppy disk drive adjustments test points and service tools Page 1 of 2 FDD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Rev B 87 9 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nr ene O TECHNICAL SALES SUPPORT GROUP me SPECIFICATIONS J ADJUSTHENT TEST POINT F TOOL Sse RIVE FDD MODE are FORNATIED kp BERTRACH MOTOR FF TRACK AZIMUTH INDEX ane te HEAD 5175 FDO MODELA MAKER PRODUCT NAME CAPACITYKB benja OF TO Sm v ae POSITION reo GND INDEX i Too ARE mero No CLEANING GREASE Po R Es E LINDEX ms i 0512 15 7 1 2 4B 512715 T DK 502 11D 3H 7440 B777
29. NetWare 2 0a WORKSTATION DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Novell INIC Passed Novell INIC Non interrupt at 8 MHz only Passed Novell NIC w patched shell Passed Davong Passed Comments The Novell NIC and INIC shells will often not function in machines running faster than 8 MHz because of that the II will not run as a workstation at 10 MHz with the INIC non interrupt shell driver It will function correctly at 8 MHz Workstation Configurations tested with SFT NetWare Level II 2 1 WORKSTATION DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherlink 3C501 Passed Etherlink Plus 3C505 1194 Passed Etherlink Plus 3 505 2012 Passed Micom NI5010 Passed Novell Ethernet NE1000 Passed NUMBER S 0061 PAGE 9 of Equity III 10 MHz ROM BIOS Version 1 50 Memory 640KB Base no extended expanded Clock Speeds 6 8 10 MHz Monitor Color CGA Video Adapter Color CGA DOS Version Tested Epson MS DOS 3 20 Mass Storage 1 1 2MB FDD 1 40MB HDD Drive Type 17 Hard Disk Controller Epson WHDC The Equity I 10 MHz is approved as a Novell file server with the following limitations The II 10 MHz will not function correctly at 10 MHz with 13 the Novell DCB Orchid PC NET and when Nestar and StarLan cards are used together They will function correctly at the slower Speeds The IBM CLUSTER card cannot be used in the II 10 MHz NetWare Utilities COMPSURF Passed INSTALL Passed Configurations tested with Adva
30. Passed Novell INIC Non interrupt Passed Novell NIC w patched shell Passed Davong Passed NUMBER S 0061 PAGE 11 of 13 Equity III 12 MHz ROM BIOS Version 2 00 Memory 640KB Base no extended expanded Clock Speeds 6 8 12 MHz Monitor Monochrome Video Adapter Monochrome DOS Version Tested Epson MS DOS 3 20 Mass Storage 1 1 2MB FDD 1 40MB HDD Drive Type 45 Hard Disk Controller Western Digital WD1003 WAH The Equity II 12 MHz is approved as a Novell file server with the following limitations The III 12 MHz will not boot to DOS using the IBM CLUSTER card The II 12 MHz will not function correctly at 12 MHz with NetWare SFT Level II 2 1 Proteon or IBM Token Ring Network workstation shell drivers It will function correctly at 8 MHz with these drivers The II 12 MHz will not function correctly at 12 MHz with the Novell DCB however it will function correctly at 8 MHz with the DCB The Novell NIC and INIC shells will often not function in machines running faster than 8 MHz because of that the T 12 MHz will not run as a workstation at 12 MHz with the INIC and INIC non interrupt shell drivers It will function correctly at 8 MHz Net Ware Utilities COMPSURF Passed INSTALL Passed Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS GENBIOS 86 IBM PC NET Passed 86 SCSI DIB Configuration Passed IBM CLUSTER 86 Failed Comments The
31. SON AMERICA INC SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB WO S 00808 part 5 11 08 SUBJECT EQUITY II USER S MANUAL JUMPER SETTING ERRORS The purpose of this bulletin is to alert you to an error in the EQ Il s User s Manual Y16299990300 concerning the jumper ee for the parallel port selection on the Multi function card Page A 6 of the Equity II User s Manual states the following Table 3 Jumper number 4 10 efor oa Enable built in port as primary ae ee Enable built in port as secondary Enable compatibility with IBM monochrome display printer adapter Default settings The correct jumper settings are as follows Jumper number Function re IEM EN Enable built in port as primary ote Enable built in port as secondary Enable compatibility with IBM monochrome display printer adapter Default settings The settings listed in the Technical Manual are correct EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 Subject Date Page Q1 A Q2 Product Support Bulletin Using Expanded Memory with Equity and Apex Computers 3 2 90 PSB No S 0047C 1of6 Originator KAS Gb What is Expanded Memory Conventional memory managed by MS DOS is limited to 640K In response to the need for greater amounts of accessible memory the LIM EMS Lotus Intel Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification was introduced in 1984 EMS version 3 2 provides usable memory beyond the 640
32. Utilities COMPSURF Passed INSTALL Passed Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS SMC PD Arcnet Passed GENBIOS 86 IBM PC NET Failed Cold Boot Passed Key Card Critical Passed Printer Passed 86 Non dedicated option Passed 86 SCSI DIB Configuration Passed Comments The II 10 MHz will not function correctly with GENBIOS ND286 and GENBIOS 86 drivers NUMBER 0061 PAGE 6 of 13 Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a NetWare driver configuration for dial in remote access NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS SMC PD Arcnet Passed ASYNC Passed Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare ND286 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS SMC PD Arcnet ND286 Passed Gateway ND286 Passed GENBIOS ND286 IBM PC NET Failed Comments The typematic feature of the II 10 MHz is slow when running Advanced NetWare ND286 however all other keyboard input functions correctly Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 286 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C505 1194 Passed SMC PD Arcnet Passed Novell RX NET Passed Etherlink 3C501 Passed StarLan Passed Omni Net Passed Vista Passed Proteon Passed Micom NI5010 Passed Gateway Passed IBM PC NET Passed Micom NP600 Passed IBM Token Ring Network Passed Nestar Passed Orchid PC NET Passed Etherlink Plus 3C5051 2012 Failed Comments The II
33. W2 Center to NL HDD activity LED only lights when the controller accesses the drive Connection of LED indicator cable Model Pin 1 of J4 Equity III Orange wire Equity II Blue wire Eguity III Red wire HDD Controller WHDC 16 bit Model FACTORY SETTINGS Connection of LED indicator cable Jumper Position Description Model Pin 1 of CN6 JP1 J1 2 to 3 B to C Primary address selected Eguity III Orange wire JP2 J2 to 2 A to B Status read is non latched select drive busy Equity I I Blue wire JP3 J3 1 to 2 A to B WAH mode dual HDD controller Equity I I I Red wire JP4 to JP8 No jumper pins Hardwired to factory settings JP may labeled as oy i l as A lt as B and 2 as on HDD Controller WD1006S WAH 16 bit lt 2 S a z Model number FACTORY SETTINGS Connection of LED indicator cable Jumper Position Description Model Pin 1 of Jl W1 1to2 LED lights for drive selection non latched Equity 386 20 Red wire W2 1 to 2 No reduced write current W3 No jumper Enables cacheing W4 No jumper Isolates mounting bracket from logic ground W5 1 to 2 Primary controller port W6 No jumper Non latched mode No jumper pins HDD Controller ACB 2320 16 bit Model number J4 4 DRIVE 2 DRIVE 1 CONTROL CABLE ACB 2320 J2 AHH i ITU Jegy J1 BO 1 O J7 pre an um J12 KELI TA FACTORY SETTINGS Connection of LED in
34. are 286 Level I 2 0a SFT NetWare 286 Level II 2 0a SFT NetWare 286 Level II 2 1 The following pages present a summary of the Novell test reports NUMBER S 0061 Equity I ROM BIOS Version 1 00 Memory 640KB base no extended expanded Clock Speeds 4 77 10 MHz Monitor Color CGA Video Adapter Color CGA DOS Version Tested Epson MS DOS 3 20 Mass Storage 1 360KB FDD 1 20MB HDD Hard Disk Controller Western Digital WD1002A WX1 The Equity I is approved as a Novell file server with the following limitations The I will not function properly using the Orchid PC NET NIC The I was not tested as a non dedicated file server NetWare Utilities COMPSURF Passed INSTALL Passed Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS GENBIOS 86 IBM PC NET Passed Cold Boot Passed Key Card Critical Passed Printer Passed 86 SCSI DIB Configuration Passed IBM CLUSTER 86 Passed Etherlink Plus 3C505 1194 Passed SMC PD Arcnet Passed Novell RX NET Passed Etherlink 3C501 Passed Nestar Passed StarLan Passed Omni Net Passed Vista Passed Proteon Passed Micom NI5010 Passed Gateway Passed IBM PC NET Passed Orchid PC NET Failed Comments Will not function properly at both 4 77 and 10 MHz Etherlink Plus 3C5051 2012 Passed NUMBER S 0061 Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 86 2 0a NetWare driver configuration for d
35. as provided to Epson by Novell s Independent Product Testing group a part of their Services Division The Independent Product Test IPT reports are available to Novell authorized dealers The IPT numbers are as follows Equity I IPT 1029 Equity II 10 MHz IPT 1030 Equity III 10 MHz IPT 1048 Equity III 12 MHz IPT 1082 Please contact your Novell representative to obtain these reports as required Definition of Terms DCB Disk coprocessor board DI B SCSI Disk interface board INIC Intelligent network interface card LAN Local area network ND286 Non dedicated Advanced NetWare 286 NIC Network interface card SCSI Small Computer System Interface Testing Information The following tests were conducted on the Equity I I and M computer products NetWare Operating System Functionality Dedicated and non dedicated file server tests are performed Network Interface Card Compatibility All network cards supported by the tested release of NetWare are tested Operating System Network Driver Compatibility All supported network cards are tested with a NetWare driver designed specifically for each card To test accessibility of the driver to the interface card a workstation is attached and logged into the file server and run through a series of NetWare and MS DOS commands EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 NUMBER S 0061 Bridging The file server is configured with different interface
36. d with ROM BIOS version 2 20 on the EQ Il 12MHz Version 2 20 is being certified for the EQ Il 10MHZ and will be available as an upgrade EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE Propuct SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB NO S 0049 DATE 5 11 88 SUBJECT EQUITY 1 10MHZ 12MHZ SYSTEM DIFFERENCES The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information on the hardware differences jumper settings and compatibility of spare parts between the 10MHz Equity II and the 12MHz Equity II Please refer to the following index to find specific information UPGRADE SPECIFICATIONS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 10MHz AND 12MHz 2 1 Major Parts 2 2 escription of component parts 2 Andro Board 2 RM4 Board SPF2 Board D 2 2 2 2 3 Switch and jumper settings COMPATIBILITY LIST 3 1 Major Units 3 2 P C B Units EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 1 Upgrade Specifications The following areas have been upgraded from the 10 MHz version to 12 MHz version 1 The maximum CPU clock speed Is 12 MHz 2 Itis possible to install a half height hard disk drive in the middle bay However please note that both the 10 MHz version and 12 MHz version allow only one hard disk drive Installation 3 It Is possible to use 3 5 inch floppy disk drive s of 1 44 MB capacity when the new SPF2 board Is Installed up to two drives 4 It Is possible to disable the FDC register set on the SPF2 board 2 of 13 JO
37. dicator cable Jumper Position Description Model Pin 1 of J4 J5 No jumpers Used for hardware port addressing Equity 386 20 Red wire J6 No jumpers Manufacturing test points DO NOT JUMPER J7 No jumper Serial monitor output DO NOT JUMPER J8 No jumpers Manufacturing test points DO NOT JUMPER J9 J10 J11 No jumpers Not used J12 1 to 2 Selects IRQ 14 J13 No jumper ACB BIOS disabled no ROM present in location U25 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN PSB NO S 0065 DATE 1 5 89 ORI GI NATOR REM _ PAGE lof 1 SUBJECT DISABLING THE FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER IN EPSON COMPUTERS This bulletin covers the ability or inability to disable the floppy disk controller in the Epson computers FDC CAN COMPUTER Equity Equity Il Equity Ill CPU Board Switch 2 3 Equity I CPU Brd Jumper lin Position B Equity I Multi function Board 10MHz 12MHz Jumper 2 in Position B Multi function Board Jumper 1 in Position B Jumper 2 in Position B Motherboard Remove Jumper El Apex Plus EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 PSB No S 00621 Page 1 of 18 EQUITY II 12MHz 2 20 Y162802001 ADR A2 M27C128 3B Fixed problems with serial port and 2 20 Y162803001 ADR B2 M27C128 4B Microsoft Word Intel InBoard 386 and CTRL key See ECN EQII 001 4 15 88 3 00 Y162802002 ADR A3 M27C128 3B To allow the use of the ADAPTEC 3 00 Y 162803002 ADR B3 M27C128 4B AC
38. ding a 1 1 interleave format The controller card has been tested in the Equity Il lll and 386 20 with the Epson 20Mb and 40Mb hard drives as well as the Seagate ST 251 All tests were performed using a 1 1 interleave factor in the test units and were completed successfully saws LNEFORMATION Product Support Bulletin Subject Using High Capacity ESDI and SCSI Hard Disk Drives with the Current Equity Series Computers Date 10 10 90 PSB No S 0091A Page s 1 of 2 Originator PNM The purpose of this bulletin is to provide some specific examples of how to install high capacity ESDI and SCSI hard disk drives in the current Equity Series computers The largest drive directly supported by the ROM BIOS ver 220 in the Equity II and Equity III has a capacity of 130Mb while the largest supported directly by the ROM BIOS in the Equity lle 386SX 386 20 and 386 25 is 153Mb To allow our units to be used in stand alone and especially network environments that require higher drive capacities the use of the Adaptec ACB 2320 controller available with the Equity 386 20 with the optional ACB BIOS available from Adaptec will provide support for a variety of ESDI drives up to 314Mb The AC amp BIOS also has the ability to read the ESDI drive parameters from the drive itself This will allow it to configure virtually any ESDI drive NOTE The Adaptec BIOS ROM should be installed in location U25 In order for it to work the jumper J13 pin 1
39. e OmniBridge BIOS and allow it to coexist with the internal FDC of the computer in which it is being installed This way you do not need to disable the internal FDC or connect any cables from the OmniBridge to internal floppy drives This was found to be a universal setting for all of the computers listed above as compatible with the OmniBridge controller Product Support Bulletin Subject Tape Backup System Test Results Date 6 13 89 PSB No S 0087 Page 1 of 2 Originator MWT ABR The Epson America Product Support Center has recently tested four tape backup systems Archive VP 150i Internal 150MB Mountain Series 4000 FileSafe External 40MB Tallgrass TG 4060 External 6OMB Tecmar GT 60e External 6OMB The tape drives were tested on a variety of systems please see the notes below In all cases the drive manufacturers documentation was used as a guide to installation and operation Note that for 8086 88 computers the XT type settings were used For the 80286 386 computers the AT type settings were used This is important for correctly configuring the host adapters or controller cards for IRQ DMA and I O port address Archive VP 150i The VP 150i was tested on the Equity II Ill and 386 20 Due to the capacity and nature of the drive it is not particularly suited for use in any of the 8086 88 computers This was the only drive supplied with Unix Xenix device drivers It was tested under MS DOS 3 3 and SCO Xen
40. e common example is that of using Novell Netware s print server capabilities to provide printer access to a large group of users with differing printer requirements Netware is capable of supporting three 3 parallel and two 2 serial printers on one server Recent testing has shown that the Equity 386 25 Plus Equity 386 25 Equity 386 20 and the Equity 386SX Plus will support three 3 parallel ports along with two 2 serial ports The key factor in providing support for a third parallel port is the need for a parallel interface card that can be set to the IBM Monochrome Graphics Parallel printer I O address at 3BCh The computer looks for this address first and if present will assign the parallel port on that card as LPT1 The built in parallel port I O address 378h will then be addressed as LPT2 We also had an AST I O Mini serial parallel card addressed at I O address 278h which was then reassigned to LPT3 Each of the three parallel ports was attached to a printer There was also a printer attached to each of the two serial ports All five printers were then set to print simultaneously under Netware Version 2 15 Rev C using PCONSOLE All five printers were able to print the documents assigned to them simultaneously The units were then tested using WordPerfect 5 1 on the network and again were successful in printing to the five 5 printers at the same time The last tests were run with the units booting under DOS 4 01 and screen prints bein
41. er Disable parallel I F Primary seria I F IRQ4 Secondary serial I F IRQ3 Disable serial I F Disable serial I F ble register set of AT FDC N A Jumper 11 does not exist on the 12 MHz version iPw gt A A B B Not applicable Same as 10 MHz column Primary register set of AT FDC Factory settings 0 MHz 12 Z AEG regi set of AT FDC Disable FDC register set Note 1 Note 1 3 COMPATIBILITY LIST 3 1 Major Units Keyboard unit 360KB FDD MD5201 57 MD5201 58 OK 1 2 MB FDD MD5501 FD1155C iste 1 FD1157C OK D509V OK 1 44 MB FDD SMD 449L 502 20 mB HDD OK HMD 720 804 40 MB HDD 94205 51 OK TD5046 OK Note 1 D5146H Note 1 WHDC OK WD1003 WAH Note 1 CABLE SET 45BZ Y 126308000 Y 126308001 Note 1 Should be OK but compatibility check has not been performed 12 of 13 3 COMPATIBILITY LIST 3 2 P C B units Unit Number 10 MHz 12 MHz ANDRO Board Y16220100000 Y16220100001 Y16220800000 SPF2 Board Y16220310000 OK Y16220700000 OK nots 3 ADR RM3 Board Y16220410000 ADR RM3S Board Y16220500000 i ADR RM4 Board Y16220600000 Note 1 Note 1 Should be OK but compatibility check has not been performed Genius monitor problem may occur on this board Not available to use 1 44 MB 3 5 inch FDD s on this configuration 13 OF 13 EPSON EP
42. frame terminal emulation boards have been tested by Epson IDEA Associates IDEAcomm 3278 IS 3287 tt n 5251 re ee 5250 R IBM IBM 5250 Digital Communications IRMA 3278 CXI PCOX 3278 What type of mouse can use with my EG II 10 12MHz PC AT compatible mice can be used with the EQ Il for example Microsoft Serial and Bus mouse or the Logitech Serial and Bus mouse Ensure the IRQ jumpers on the BUS mouse card are set for PC AT compatibility Is the EQ Il compatible with OS 2 Since OS 2 is much more hardware specific than MS DOS an Epson version of O S2 will be required want to backup my hard disk but can t locate the Archive program How can backup my system Archive is no longer supplied with the EQ II Epson replaced it with the more traditional BACKUP RESTORE programs which do the same thing Archive conflicts with the SPEEDSTOR disk manager supplied by Epson with its 40MB hard drives and should not be used Q27 PSB No S 0051A Originator JDB am running Microsoft Word on my EG II 10MHz When try to print to my serial printer it takes 1 to 2 seconds to print a character How can get Microsoft Word to run properly There are two ways the solve this problem 1 Redirect the printer output MODE LPT1 COM1 2 Epson has developed a patch program SERFIX ARC available through CompuServ Microsoft and Epson Forum or from Epson s Product Support RBBS The problem has been correcte
43. front bezel B When used with Equity Il use format procedure 2 on page 5 C Follow format procedure 2 on page 5 The NCL Hard Disk Controller Board NDC5027 49 and DK 505 2 HDD must be used together D For Equity NI Only use HMD 720 hard drives NOT stamped with Do not use with Equity IT NUMBER S 0001C PAGE 4 of 5 E UITY SERIES HARD DISK CONTROLLER COMPATIBILITY MATRIX PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION COMPATIBLE WITH EQUITY MODEL ESOS WD1002S WX2C027 ROM 62 000062 010 WD1002S WX2C027 ROM 62 000062 010 1 WD1002A WX1E027 ROM 62 000062 010 1 or 62 000062 13 a mene fx fs TTT WD1002 WAH ROM 62 001020 10 AND 62 001027 11 EPSON WHDC BOARD P N Y127203000 ROM VERSION WD1015PL 27 or 62 002008 011 or CODE EXPLANATIONS A Follow format procedure 2 NCL Hard Disk Controller Board NDC5027 49 and DK 505 2 HDD must be used together Follow format procedure indicated on PSB S 0005 Short version Western Digital HDC board Released late 1986 ROM BIOS 62 000062 010 1 and 62 000062 13 are equivalent Either ROM may be found on this board This version HDC ROM BIOS with WD 1015 24 firmware CPU will not allow auto boot from hard disk WD 1015 14 firmware CPU will work ROM BIOS WD1015PL 27 is equivalent to 62 002008 011 these ROMs have been updated to WD1015PL 27B or 62 002008 061 which are also equivalent to each other HDC ROM BIOS must be revision B to work with XENIX s
44. g directed to each of the printers WordPerfect 5 1 was also used to direct documents to each of the printers Again all five 5 printers were able to print the files that were sent to them Although not all Equity computer models were tested in this situation the Equity models 386SX lle Ill and ll should work in a similar manner if the instructions above are used as a guide There is one item of which to be aware when using the this setup and that is the system will complete the RAM count and lock up if using a monochrome monitor If you need to use three parallel ports USE A COLOR MONITOR Product Support Bulletin Subject Change to Memory Expansion Board Recommendations for Equity Il and Equity III Date 3 06 90 PSB No S 0113 Page 1 of 1 Originator KAS gr as This bulletin provides information concerning expanded memory boards which are recommended for use in the 12MHz models of the Equity Il and III Please consider this information as an update to Product Support Bulletins S 0042A and S 0051 Due to the fact that the I O bus speed of both the Equity Il and the Equity lll is the same as the CPU speed selected there are some problems in ou with expanded memory boards when operating the systems at 12MHz Previously Epson recommended the use of Micron Technology memory expansion boards These boards have been removed from our recommended product list due to the fact that Micron no longer produces ISA memory boards
45. ial in remote access NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS GENBIOS 86 ASYNC Workstation Configurations Tested Novell INIC Novell INIC Non interrupt Novell NIC w patched shell Davong STATUS Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed NUMBER 0061 PAGE 5 of Equity 11 10 MHz ROM BIOS Version 1 55 Memory 640KB Base no extended expanded Clock Speeds 8 10 MHz Monitor Mono non Epson Video Adapter Mono non Epson DOS Version Tested Epson MS DOS 3 20 Mass Storage 1 1 2MB FDD 1 40MB HDD Drive Type 17 Hard Disk Controller Western Digital WD1003 WAH The Equity II 10 MHz is approved as a Novell file server with the following limitations The II does not function correctly as a file server with the 3Com 3C505 2012 network card The II does not function as a file server at 10 MHz with the Novell DCB however it does function correctly with the DCB at 8 MHz The I does not function with the IBM CLUSTER board The II does not function correctly with the GENBIOS ND286 and GENBIOS 86 drivers The Novell NIC and INIC shells will often not function in machines running faster than 8 MHz because of that the II will not run as a workstation at 10 MHz with the INIC non interrupt shell driver It will function correctly at 8 MHz The typematic feature of the I is slow when running Advanced NetWare ND286 however all other keyboard input functions correctly NetWare
46. in is to provide information regarding the compatibility of the Epson 3 5 floppy disk drive Product Code A112A AA with and Equity series computers The 3 5 floppy disk drive must be used with MS or higher Please refer to the following table for compati information Special setup required 720KB the Apex DOS 3 2 bility Equity II F Must include DRIVPARM D 1 III Not supported Equity I No special setup required Equity II No special setup required Equity III No special setup required in CONFIG SYSI The Epson 3 5 floppy disk drive is not compatible with the Equity I or the Equity MII Manzana Microsystems Inc offers a 3 5 720KB drive which is compatible with the Equity II c when used with their 3FIVE device driver Refer to Product Support Bulletin S 0027A for information on using the DRIVPARM command to c floppy disk omputer detailed onfigure Equity Il systems for using the 3 5 floppy disk drive EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN DATE 11 19 87 NUMBER S 0026 SUBJECT Equity Series Compatibility Certification The following products have been certified for compatibility with the Equity series computers Hard Disk Controllers Manufacturer Model Type For use in Western Digital 1002B WX1 MFM EQ I Western Digital 1003B WAH MFM EQ II
47. iously mentioned the Archive drive also included device drivers for use in a Unix Xenix environment offering the greatest level of flexibility Please contact the manufacturers for additional information Archive Corporation Mountain Computer Inc Data Storage Division 360 El Pueblo Rd 1650 Sunflower Ave Scotts Valley Ca 95066 Costa Mesa Ca 92626 408 438 6650 800 237 4929 Tallgrass el Corp Tecmar Inc 11100 West 82nd St 6225 Cochran Rd Overland Park KS 66214 Solon Oh 44139 913 492 6002 216 349 1009 Product Support Bulletin Subject Apex Apex Plus Equity Series Keyboards Date 4 19 89 PSB No S 0080 Page 1 of 1 Originator REM The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information on the various keyboards used with the Apex Apex Plus and Equity series computers and the part numbers of the keyboard subassemblies used with these keyboards The Apex and Apex Plus computer keyboards are to be replaced as whole units The Equity series keyboards are repaired to the subassembly level The Equity Ill keyboard PCB assembly is the only one that comes with the key top set attached Since some of the keyboards have the same model numbers the difference can be determined by the FCC ID number in those cases The chart below provides a quick reference to determine the part number of the main keyboard PCB assembly key top set control logic subassembly and keyboard cable Apex Apex Plus Equit
48. isk manager Q19 Q20 Q21 OPTIONS Q22 PSB No S 0051A Originator JDB Are the ANDRO and ADR RM3 RMSS boards for the EQ Il 10MHz interchangeable with the EQ II 12MHz No The EQ II 12MHz requires higher speed components to operate at 12MHz The 10MHz boards will not operate reliably in 12MHz systems What RAM chips should be used on the expansion boards for the EQ II 10 12MHz The RAM chips used in the expansion boards should have an access time of 120ns or faster What are the wait states for the EQ II The default wait state for the EQ II 10 12MHz I O bus is 1 adjustable to 4 3 or 2 by setting the jumpers on the ANDRO board The system memory RAM and ROM defaults to two wait states adjustable to one by setting jumpers 2 and 3 on the System board What extended memory boards are compatible with EQ Il 10 12MHz Epson recommends the following memory expansion boards AST Research i Advantage Premium AST Research an Rampage 286 AST Research Rampage plus 286 Intel Corp Aboveboard Intel Corp 2 Aboveboard 286 p s STB Systems x Grande Byte STB Systems Rio Grande Profit Systems Elite 16 Micron Board Micron Technologies Will run at 8MHz not at 10 and 12MHz February 1990 release Q23 24Q SOFTWARE Q25 A Q26 PSB No S 0051A Originator JDB What terminal emulation boards can be used with the EQ Il 10 12MHz The following micro to mini main
49. ix 286 System V version 2 2 1 with no problems encountered The VP 150i is also Novell tested and certified under the NetWare operating system Mountain Series 4000 FileSafe The Series 4000 FileSafe was tested on the Equity II Ill and 386 20 Due to the use of a 16 bit controller it was not tested in any of the 8086 88 computers It was tested under MS DOS 3 3 with no problems encountered A chapter is included in the tape software documentation on backup and restore operations on a local area network including Novell PSB No S 0087 Page 2 of 2 Tallgrass TG 4060 The TG 4060 was tested on the Apex Apex Equity Il Ill and 386 20 lt was tested under MS DOS 3 2 and 3 3 with no problems encountered There is no documentation on LAN operations Tecmar QT 60e The QT 60e was tested on the Equity Il Ill and 386 20 Testing was conducted under MS DOS 3 3 with no problems encountered The Tecmar documentation includes extensive information on installation and operation in a LAN environment General Notes Of the four units tested the Archive and Tecmar drives offered the easiest installation They also provided the best performance with the Tallgrass drive giving the slowest disk to tape and tape to disk operations All four drives were supplied with menu driven tape utility software for the MS DOS environment Command line and timed scheduled operations are also available As prev
50. lications that have been written to take advantage of EMS 4 0 you probably won t notice much improvement in performance over your older version 06 Q7 Q8 Q9 PSB No S 0047C Page 3 of 6 What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity and Equity 11 The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity and Il All Card wMMU Multifunction All Computers Inc Liberty PC Quadram Corporation Mini Magiccard EV 138 Everex Systems Inc AST SixPak Premium AST Research AST Rampage AST Research What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity Ill The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity III Grande Byte STB Systems Intel Above Board AT Intel Corporation Liberty AT Quadram Corporation AST Advantage AST Research AST Rampage AT AST Research AST Ramvantage AST Research What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity 64 256KB Expansion Option IBM Above Board PC 1985 Intel Corporation Fastcard IV 1 6 Thesys What memory expansion boards are compatible with the Equity le The following boards have been tested by Epson in the Equity le 64 256KB Expansion Option IBM Quad Board Il Quadram Fastcard IV Thesys RAMpage AST Research Note The Intel Above Boards do not currently operate reliably with the Equity le Q10 Will Q11 PSB No S 0047C Page 4 of 6 What
51. mper Settings 1 4 CRT type select switches No difference between the 10 MHz version and 12 MHz versions MONO COLOR ET Factory setting Mono CPU speed select switch 2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION 2 3 Switch and Jumper Settings 2 4 FUNC TION Bathory settings O MHz 12 MHz P ROM 1 wait Note 1 lt Note 2 P ROM 2 wait Note 1 lt 16bit OP card 1 wait Note 1 lt 16bit OP card 2 wait Note1 K 16bit OP card 3 wait Note 1 lt En ter card 4 wait Note 1 lt high at ES mode lt Prohi ited lt Prohibited NPX clock speedis same as AT lt I UPPI A B Ili o o os lod WPP tl orr U Those selectable wait cycles are available during10 MHz Those selectable wait cycles are available during 12 MHz Not applicable same as 10 MHz column T J9 OT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION 3 4 RAM 640KB RAM 512K B parohibited AM 256KB P ROM 27128 type P ROM 27256 type M Not applicable same as 10 MHz column F actory sSettings 10 MHz 12 Mhz el JO 11 2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12 MHz VERSION AND 10 MHz VERSION LS SPF2 Note 1 Co Switch NO JUMPER NUMBER 1 21 3 4 5 and Jumper Settings ik IE 6 9 10 11 N A Enable FDC register set N A Iir Primary parallel I F T Secondary parallel I F IRQ5 Parallel I F on video adapt
52. must be installed Caution should be used when ordering the BIOS ROM as problems have been experienced when using version B Versions A and C perform normally The WD1007V SE1 controller is another option that can be used with high capacity ESDI drives that are not supported by the ROM BIOS drive tables When using this controller make sure that all pins on jumper on W1 are open You can run SETUP and use Type 1 for the drive type or let the controller automatically set it at the end of the low level format routine provided by the controllers BIOS To start the WD BIOS Format Utility run DEBUG and enter G CC00 5 This will bring up a menu listing the operations that are available Run the low level format and either enter the defective blocks listed on the drive by hand or let the program enter them automatically Continue with the Verify and Surface Analysis utilities and finally finish with the Set Drive Type and Exit At this point there are 5 options from which to choose using the and l keys to toggle through the available choices Select the Translation Option 63 SPT Sectors Per Track if the hard drive has more than 1024 cylinders or Non Translation for drives with less than 1024 cylinders IRE EMIR SE ORE AAA RR iki it PSB No S 0091A Page 2 of 2 The next step after completing the low level format is to run the Novell COMPSURF utility When setting up the COMPSURF Parameters it will ask if you wan
53. n AA gt roses we x x x Taos ea ea ao a aa m m m m lt 7 77 a ddgGg 37 rr oD COMMENT CODE EXPLANATIONS A Requires insulating sheet when installed in lower position in Equity Il See TIB Equity 11 006 B Jumper block SS1 Position DSO for drive A DS1 for drive B C Equity I must have ROM BIOS version 2 21 MSA B4 and MS DOS 2 11 Release 1 04 or higher to use this drive D Must set drive select jumpers on FDD logic board for A position S1 or B position 2 E It is not necessary to remove the terminating resistor pack Handle drive with care possibility of short circuit between screw head on frame and FDD logic board could damage FDD Terminator must be removed when used as 2nd floppy drive unit See Product Support Bulletin S 0020 for set up information Same as MD 5201 57 except comes configured as 2nd drive Jumper block JJI Position S1 for drive A S2 for drive B T1 To NUMBER S 0001C PAGE 3 of 5 EQUITY SERIES HARD DISK DRIVE COMPATIBILITY MATRIX PRODUCT DESCRIPTION COMPATIBLE WITH EQUITY MODEL COMMENTS EN TT fom und vise ones ru u Pcs wsos x tx tx vene e u tx fe mws son st xt pe re eso sow7s0s eso x x x x x fe fee ossos es x x x x x x fe fone wo vs o Pe pe mw MO TT CO CF somsa O CO O EC E sms Y xl x COMMENT CODE EXPLANATIONS x lt lt Kt Xx A Comes with black
54. nced NetWare 86 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS GENBIOS 86 IBM PC NET Passed Cold Boot Passed Key Card Critical Passed Printer Passed 86 Non dedicated option Passed 86 SCSI DIB Configuration Passed IBM CLUSTER 86 Failed NetWare driver configuration for dial in remote access NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS GENBIOS 86 IBM PC NET Passed ASYNC Passed Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare ND286 2 0a NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS GENBIOS ND286 Passed SMC PD Arcnet Passed IBM CLUSTER ND286 Failed Comments The III 10 MHz will not boot DOS with the IBM CLUSTER card installed NUMBER 0061 PAGE 10 of 13 Configurations tested with Advanced NetWare 286 da NETWARE DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3 505 1194 Passed SMC PD Arcnet Passed Novell RX NET Passed Etherlink 3C501 Passed Nestar Passed Starlan Passed Omni Net Passed Vista Passed Proteon Passed Micom NI5010 Passed Gateway Passed IBM PC NET Passed Micom NP600 Passed Orchid PC NET 8 MHz only Passed IBM Token Ring Network Passed Etherlink Plus 3 505 2012 Passed Configurations tested with SFT NetWare 286 Level I II 2 0a NetWare Utilities DI SKSET Preset PREPARE Passed INSTALL Passed NETWARE DRIVER CONFI GURATI ONS STATUS Etherlink Plus 3C5051 2012 Passed Workstation Configurations Tested WORKSTATION DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS STATUS Novell INIC
55. nd compatible with the OmniBridge controller lt was able to support only one external floppy drive unlike the other models tested The drive could be used as a high density 1 2Mb and 1 44Mb or normal 360K and 720K disk drive Equity II Equity lle Equity Ill Equity 386SX Equity 386 20 APEX APEX PSB No S 0088B Page 2 of 3 The Equity Il was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 860K and 720K disk drives The Equity lle was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 860K and 720K disk drives The Equity Ill was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 144M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives The Equity 386SX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 144M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives The Equity 386 20 was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to su
56. nomalies Date 8 10 89 PSB No S AN Page 1 of 1 Originator MWT Recent reports from the field have revealed certain anomalous behavior when the Western Digital XT GEN hard disk controller is used in the Equity II Ill or 386 20 computers The XT GEN controller is an 8 bit XT type generic controller As such there would be an immediate loss of performance if it were installed in a 16 bit AT type ISA bus system However the poor performance is not the only issue The XT GEN can produce addressing conflicts that do not directly point to the controller as the cause For example An Equity Il was equipped with a Seagate ST 225 hard drive and the XT GEN controller It was also configured with the IBM 5250 terminal emulation card and software and was connected to an IBM System 36 host Additionally IBM s PC Support 36 software was correctly installed on both the II and System 36 This utility enables file and folder sharing as well as up and download capability The 5250 terminal emulation works perfectly the PC Support 36 utility does not This pointed to an obvious incompatibility As part of the troubleshooting procedure a Western Digital WD1003V MM1 16 bit controller was substituted for the XT GEN With this one change the PC Support 36 functions started operating correctly Other similar examples have been reported Our recommendation is that 8 bit controllers in general should not be used AS of
57. oftware NUMBER S 0001C PAGE 5 of 5 HARD DISK FORMATTING INFORMATION kttt MPORTANTS HHH EEE MPORTANT RRR HHH H HERR RAH IMPORTANT X x X ALWAYS FORMAT THE HDD WITH THE SAME VERSION CONTROLLER BOARD AND HDC CPU FIRMWARE VERSION IT WILL BE USED WITH IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REFORMAT IF THE ROM BIOS IS UPGRADED AS LONG AS THE SAME FIRMWARE CPU IS USED y FOR IO ROR IO IOI II RRR RIO He ke e e IOI IO OR ke k k kke k kk tk k kk k k k FOR LOW LEVEL FORMATTI NG 1 EQUITY I II FORMAT See PSB S 0005 titled Equity IM HDD procedure using software which is 2 EQUITY III FORMAT intialization included with each system a Run PFORMAT Enter bad tracks Time approx 5 minutes b Run HDFMTALL Time approx 8 minutes c Run HDPART Time approx 2 minutes d Run HDFORMAT Time approx 5 minutes 3 EQUITY I See Product Support Bulletin S 0006 Notes 1 Early production Equity I units without HDDs must be upgraded with the CAC version VFO SUB board to operate with a hard drive Equity DOS ver 2 11 problem Bad erased when HDFORMAT MS DOS utility Corrected in DOS version 2 2 MSA B3 Sector information executes formatting and 2 21 MSA B4 Equity I II HDFMTALL erases bad sector information Delete HDFMTALL from the System disk
58. performance losses The XT GEN controller should not be used at all Subject Date Page Product Support Bulletin Eguity and Apex Series Compatibility with the Sysgen OmniBridge Controller and BridgeFiler External Floppy Drives 04 11 90 PSB No S 0088B 1 of 3 Originator KAS Kas The purpose of this bulletin is to provide the results of compatibility testing conducted by the Computer Product Support Center with the Sysgen OmniBridge controller and Bridge Filer external floppy disk drives Model Equity Equity Equity Ill Equity Equity le Comments The Equity was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 860K and 720K disk drives The Equity ll was found to be totally incompatible with the OmniBridge controller The Equity lll was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller lt was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives The Equity was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives The Equity le was fou
59. pport one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 860K and 720K disk drives The Epson APEX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 860K and 720K disk drives The Epson APEX was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 860K and 720K disk drives APEX 100 APEX 200 NOTE PSB No S 008B Page 3 of 3 The Epson APEX 100 was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives The Epson APEX 200 was found compatible with the OmniBridge controller It was able to support one or two external disk drives daisychained together The external drives could be used as high density 1 2M and 1 44M or normal 360K and 720K disk drives The recommended switch settings for the OmniBridge controller are as follows 1 1 DOWN DOWN 2 1 1 2 DOWN 2 2 DOWN 1 3 DOWN 2 3 UP 1 4 DOWN 2 4 UP These settings select NO ADDRESS for th
60. rk 8 MHz only Proteon 8 MHz only Workstation Configurations Tested WORKSTATION DRIVER CONFIGURATIONS Etherl ink 3C501 Etherl ink Plus 3C505 1194 Etherl ink Plus 3C50512012 Novell Ethernet NE1000 Micom N15010 SMC PD Arcnet Novell RX NET StarLan Omni Net Proteon Gateway IBM PC NET IBM Token Ring Network Novell INIC 8 Mhz only Novell INIC Non interrupt 8 MHz only Novell NIC wpatched shell PAGE 13 of II 2 1 cont STATUS Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed STATUS Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed 13 EPSON EPSON AMERICA INC SERVICE PRODUCT SUPPORT BuLLETIN PSB NO SUBJECT The usage Many 0053 EQUITY I II III LT DIAGNOSTIC EXEC failed MESSAGE purpose of this bulletin is to clarify the correct of the DIAGNOSTIC DISK customers and dealers have contacted Epson s Technical Support because of getting a EXEC failed error message when This wi th trying to run the system diagnostics MEMORY test occurs because many people are not booting the system the diagnostic disk but rather loading the diagnostic program after booting from the MS DOS system disk or hard disk drive In the instructions for performing system diagnostics the following statement is made Note The To run the System diagno
61. s a high capacity 5 25 full height 80MB hard disk drive The drive parameters 1024 cylinders 9 heads are not included in the Epson ROM BIOS version 2 20 or earlier drive type table Under MS DOS you can use the same procedure as for the ST 251 and obtain approximately 69MB of usable storage the 9th head is ignored A common application for this drive is in a file server for a Novell network This presents a problem as the NetWare Operating system works exclusively from the computer s ROM BIOS drive type table and does not honor the alternate hard disk parameter table that programs such as SpeedStor create Here is a solution for this situation that will yield slightly over 70MB 1 Prior to physically installing the drive turn it over and locate pin 2 of the 34 pin edge connector This will be the first pin from the left on the component side of the drive s printed circuit board when viewed from the rear of the drive 2 Mask off pin 2 wth a small piece of thin tape regular adhesive tape works quite well Do not overlap onto pin 4 3 Install the drive and run the Epson SETUP utility Under MASS STORAGE go to Drive C and select type 43 1024 cylinders 8 heads 4 Perform the low level physical format HDFMTALL remembering to enter any listed bad track locations You are now ready to go on to the Novell installation procedure Refer to the NetWare Installation Guide for details Note the above procedure is
62. ss the Control key down in combination with any of the function keys the Control key locks on and eventually locks up the system How can correct this There is a temporary way of solving this problem This solution is as follows 1 Use the keyboard command for example KEYBUK to change the keyboard function to a foriegn keyboard 2 Then return to the US type keyboard by pressing Ctrl Control Alt Alternate F1 This problem was corrected with a new ROM BIOS version 2 20 with the EQ II 12MHz ROM BIOS 2 20 is being certified for the EQ II 10MHZz and will be available as an upgrade Will the EQ II 10 12MHz support a 3 5 720KB floppy drive The EQ Il 10 12MHz has full support for the 3 5 720KB floppy drive Epson offers the Al 12A AA for this requirement Is the Plus Development HARDCARD compatible with the EQ II 10 12MHz Yes The Hardcard 20 and 40 has to be set up in SETUP as not being installed by setting the drive type as none How do format my 40MB hard drive so that can get full use of the 40 megabytes Since MS DOS 3 2 only supports 32MB a disk manager program must be used to get full use of the 40 megabytes that are available Epson included Storage Dimensions SpeedStor disk manager with the 40MB hard drives in the EQ Il 10MHz to provide this capability With the EQ II 12MHz and MS DOS 3 3 the FDISK utility handles the disk partitioning without the use of a d
63. stics boot your system with the diagnostics diskette in drive A Then select option 4 from the OPERATION menu If you start this program in any other way some tests may produce strange results EXEC failed error message will not occur if the diagnostic diskette is properly loaded Please note that the diagnostic diskette should not be mo di f If th Ameri ied in any way or similar results may occur e diagnostics diskette was obtained through Epson ca s Training Department and does not contain the system files then the system files should be copied to the diagnostics disk before attempting to run the diagnostic programs EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 sauca uc INFORMATION Product Support Bulletin Subject Equity Il Questions and Answers Date 12 11 89 PSB No S 0051A Page 1 of 7 Originator JOB 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GENERAL G1 What are the Drive types for the 40MB hard drives used with the EQ II 10 12MHr A The drive type depends the number of cylinders and heads the drive has The drive that is currently supplied by Epson is Q218A AB CDC 94205 51 This drive with 989 cylinders and 5 heads is installed as a type 17 G2 Can the floppy disk drive controller be disabled in the EQII 10 12MHz A On the EQII 10MHz it cannot be disabled on the SPF2 board On the EQll 12MHz it can be disabled by setting jumper 2 to B on the SPF2 12
64. t incorporated in the Epson ROM BIOS version 2 20 or earlier drive type table The closest drive type available is Type 3 615 cylinders 6 heads This would yield 30MB of available disk space Under MS DOS however there is an alternative use a third party utility such as SpeedStor or Disk Manager This procedure would yield 40MB of available disk space Here is the method used to install the drive with SpeedStor version 5 11 With the drive type in SETUP set to NONE physically 51 install the ST 2 as you would any other HDD Boot the system with either MS DOS 3 20 or 3 30 Insert the SpeedStor diskette type INSTALL and press ENTER Respond to the prompts regarding the drive type Seagate ST 251 and the size of the partitions your choice After the partitioning is completed SpeedStor will prompt you to insert the DOS disk in drive A It will then transfer the system files to the HDD It then prompts you to re insert the SpeedStor diskette and will copy the HARDRIVE SYS device driver to the HDD and create the CONFIG SYS file needed to load the driver When the process is completed remove the SpeedStor diskette and press CTRL ALT DEL to re boot the system If the installation was successful a copyright notice from Storage Dimensions will appear and the system will boot up to the C gt prompt EPSON AMERICA SERVICE 23610 TELO AVENUE TORRANCE CALIF 90505 NUMBER 0072 PAGE 2 of ST 4096 The ST 4096 i
65. t to Format the drive where you will choose the NO response and proceed to the next option When asked if you want to Retain the Bad Track Table answer YES and continue on with the rest of the COMPSURF options After completion of the COMPSURF utility continue on with the rest of the NETGEN installation The use of high capacity SCSI drives is another area where we are able to provide a solution for those customers who require storage capacities greater than the Epson Supplied options When using a SCSI type hard disk drive the hard disk controller usually is a part of the hard drive unit The connection between the SCSI bus and the Equity s data bus is made by installing a host adaptor into the Equity computer and connecting the SCSI drive to the host adaptor The Seagate ST 296N 85Mb drive used in a stand alone configuration in the current Equity Series computers has provided favorable results When using SCSI drives in a Novell network the use of the Future Domain SCSI adaptor with high capacity SCSI drives such as CDC and Maxtor has also been very successful Future Domain recommends using Version 1 4 of their device driver when installing Novell Netware Versions 2 1 2 15 When used with the TMC 830 use ROM Vers 4 0L or the TMC 840 use ROM Vers 5 0C host adapters drive sizes of up to 800Mb CDC 94181 702 can be accommodated Product Support Bulletin Subject Western Digital XT GEN Hard Disk Controller A
66. y Il Ill Keyboard Keyboard Key Top Keyboard Model Unit Model PCB Assy set Cable Apex A265091A Equity III Y145501001 Y145501021 Y144305000 Apex Plus 93553905410 Equity Ill KAFLZ3AEPS1 attached KACCLO60UCA Equity Il lll 386 20 Keyboard Control Key Top Keyboard Model Code FCC ID PCB Assy Board set Cable Q203A AA BKM9A8Q203A Y127501001 attached Y127501022 Y127501031 G303A AA BMK9A8Q303A Y127501001 attached Y127501022 Y127501031 G203A A103A AA C9S4D70203A Y163502001 none Y127501022 Y163502020 G203A A103A AA C9S4D84701 Y163504007 Y171501017 Y127501022 Y163504006 Eguity le Keyboard Control Key Top Keyboard Model Code FCC ID PCB Assy Board set Cable E1160A C9S4D84701 201 Y163504007 Y171501017 Y171501007 Y171501006 Product Support Bulletin Subject Equity Il 12MHz and Novell ELS 2 0A Level Date 4 13 89 PSB No S 0076 Page 1 of1 Originator KAS x This bulletin provides information concerning the use of the Equity II 12MHz as a non dedicated server with the Novell ELS 2 0A Level local area network operating system Equity Il 12MHz units may encounter difficulty with the standard IRQ setting for the RX Net configuration provided with the Novell ELS software When the workstations access the servers hard drive the error AT Disk Time out Call aoe Non DiskProc Process appears on the server display and the network ocks up The standard setting is IRQ2 In order to use an Equity II as the file

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