Epson Equity 4+ Product Support Bulletin
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1. No S 0172 Page 2 of 5 The following information is provided for reference purposes only The AUTOEXEC BAT and the CONFIG SYS files are actual examples of the tested system 5 Memory Allocation information c gt chkdsk Volume MS DOS 6 created 12 16 1993 10 00a Volume Serial Number is 1A25 9203 104515584 bytes total disk space 4042752 bytes in 6 hidden files 163840 bytes 68 directories 78866432 bytes in 1876 user files 21442560 bytes available on disk 2048 bytes in each allocation unit 51033 total allocation units on disk 10470 available allocation units on disk 655360 bytes total memory 532080 largest executable program size AUTOEXEC BAT file Information ECHO OFF SET BLASTER A220 5 D1 H5 P330 T6 SET SOUND C SB16 C SB16 SB16SET M 220 VOC 220 CD 220 MIDI 220 LINE 220 TREBLE 0 C SB16 SBCONFIG EXE S C WINDOWS SMARTDRV EXE X PROMPT p g PATH C WINDOWS C DOS SET TEMP C DOS C DOS MSCDEX EXE D MSCDO001 V M 15 C DOS MOUSE c NEFIG SYS file information DEVICE C DOS SETVER EXE DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DOS HIGH FILES 10 STACKS 9 256 DEVICE C SB16 DRV SBCD SYS D MSCD001 P 220 SHELL C DOS COMMAND COM C DOS p 8 General Installation Tips Hardware PSB No S 0172 Page 3 of 5 The Discovery CD 16 uses a Sound Blaster 16 sound card The product was used in its default configuration The following are the factory defaults Feature Jumper position Setting used B2. take effect The sound card can be tested in a DOS environment by running TESTSB16 This file is located in the sound blaster sub directory SB16 The utility will test the existence and functionality of the following areas I O Address IRQ DMA channels DSP Version 220H 5 1 5 4 05 The bold face values above are typical for the default configuration The Sound card passed all of the tests listed below 2 Operator FM Music 4 Operator FM Music 8 Bit Sound 16 Bit Sound The CD ROM files are copied to the hard disk drive by an INSTALL EXE utility on the disk 1 The routine will modify the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files Upon completion the user is prompted to re boot the system so that the changes can take effect To install CD ROM into Windows the user must manually add the QuickCD to the Sound Blaster 16 program group Open the Sound Blaster 16 group and from Program Manager File select New Program Item should have the bullet marked Select the OK button From the Program Item Properties box select the Browse button Scroll to the CASB16 PLAYCD sub directory Select QCD EXE as the file name and click the OK button This bring you back to the Program Item Properties box For a Description enter QCD Click on the Change Icon button and choose a CD symbol for the icon button Click on the OK button and the QuickCD icon is present in the Sound Blaster 16 program group Insert an analog music CD into player If you click on th
3. B 16 Mixer and SB Wave Studio from Windows The file was approximately 20Mb large after sampling a dynamic ROCK source Playback of the file rendered no dropouts of the original material The process is compatible on this system
4. EPSON AMERICA INC EPSON Product Support Bulletin Subject EPSON Equity 4 and Sound Blaster Discovery CD 16 Date 04 08 94 PSB No S 0172 Page s 1 of 5 Originator JAM The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information regarding the installation and compatibility of the Sound Blaster Discovery CD 16 1 Hardwar nfiguration Product Code CPU Epson Equity 4 80486SX 25 Processor Memory 4 0 Mb Standard Additional not applicable BIOS Rev AMI Seiko Epson Corp D486 6080 112593KF FDD Mitsumi D 359T3 1 44Kb 3 5 disk drive HDC Integrated on Main Logic Board HDD Conner CP 3104 Video Cirrus GD5442 Video chip 512KB Upgradeable to 1 MB External VGA port provided on rear of unit Display Epson Professional Series VGA monitor A804241 2 Operating Systems Microsoft DOS Version 6 2 Microsoft Windows Version 3 1 Microsoft DOS was loaded in a default mode 3 Windows Installation Microsoft Windows Version 3 1 installed Express Setup Microsoft Recommended installation routine used for the install 4 Compatibility The system is compatible with the Sound Blaster Discovery CD 16 Multimedia system by Creative Labs Incorporated using Microsoft DOS version 6 2 Installation time approximately 30 minutes The system was also tested with Microsoft DOS version 6 0 and Microsoft DOS version 5 0 The Sound Blaster Discovery CD 16 Multimedia product is compatible with those operating systems PSB
5. ase I O address lOSO closed 220 H ex Midi address lOS1 closed 330 H ex Board Interrupt ISO open IRQ5 IS1 closed 8 bit DMA channel DASO open Channel 1 DAS1 closed 16 bit DMA channel DBSO closed Channel 5 DBS1 closed Joystick port JYEN closed Enabled Audio Output Amp OPSL pins 2 amp 3 closed Audio amplified internally OPSR pins 2 amp 3 closed no external amp needed These settings can be found in the GETTING STARTED manual that comes with the product The system uses a Matsushita model CR 563 B CD ROM From the factory the drive ID is set to 0 This jumper is on the rear of the drive between the power connector and the data ribbon cable PSB No S 0172 Page 4 of 5 Software The Discovery CD 16 Multimedia system comes with 5 3 5 diskettes Three diskettes are for the sound card one is for a Text to Speech application and one disk is for the CD ROM device driver and utilities The Sound Blaster files are copied to the hard disk drive by an INSTALL EXE utility on disk 1 The utility will prompt the installer for the second and third disks The routine will modify the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files Upon completion the user is prompted to re boot the system so that the changes can take effect The utility will also modify the Windows SYSTEM INI file When you run Windows a SB routine will modify and add the Sound Blaster utilities to a new Program group The routine will re start Windows so that the changes can
6. e CD icon without a disc installed you will get the following warning Ensure that you have a CD audio ready in your drive and CD MCI driver installed in your system The system is ready for use 9 10 MultiMedia Kit Applications tested 1 Aldus PhotoStyler SE 2 San Diego Zoo Presents The Animals 3 Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia 4 Just Grandma and Me Broderbund 5 Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego 6 DOS Version Eye of the Beholder II 7 DOS Version Wolfenstein 3 D 8 MS Dinosaurs for Windows 9 DOS Version Battle Chess Company Address Creative Labs Inc 1901 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas CA 95035 Phone 408 428 6622 Fax 408 428 6633 BBS 408 428 6660 Baud 300 to 14400 V 32N 42 bis Data bits 8 Parity none Stop bits 1 Misc 405 742 6622 Technical Support Anomalies Issues PSB No S 0172 Page 5 of 5 Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok This Product Support Bulletin was specifically generated to address concerns about compatibility of the Sound Blaster Kit in this system running under DOS 6 0 As documented the system is fully functional in that operating environment Concern was also expressed about using the DOS 6 0 memory manager EMM386 EXE Various packages that must run in expanded memory were tested and experienced no errors au j E 44K various PCs The issue is NOT problem on this system A large digital file was created using S
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