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Epson 386 User's Guide (218 pages)

Brand: Epson | Category: PC/workstation barebones | Size: 3.94 MB |

English

Table of contents

EQUITY™386/20

1

Contents

5

6 Installing Options

7

Appendixes

8

9

Introduction

11

How to Use This Manual

12

Introduction 3

13

Where to Get Help

14

SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM

15

Unpacking

15

Setting Up Your System

16

Choosing a Location

17

Connecting a Monitor

18

Connecting a Printer

20

Using the Parallel Interface

21

Using the Serial Interface

22

Connecting the Power Cord

23

Connecting the Keyboard

24

Setting the Monitor Type

26

Turning On the Computer

26

Loading MS-DOS

28

Copying System Diskettes

29

1-16 Setting Up Your System

30

Running the Setup Program

31

Starting the Setup Program

32

Setting the Amount of Memory

33

Setting the Display Type

35

Setup Program

36

Setting the Mass Storage

39

Setting the Real-time Clock

41

Enter. You see this

42

04301989

42

Leaving the Setup Menu

43

Running

44

Preparing a Hard Disk for Use

45

Checking the Hard Disk

46

Partitioning the Hard Disk

48

Disk for Use

52

SELECT A: C:\DOS 001 US

53

COPY *.* C:\DOS

55

Booting From the Hard Disk

57

Using the Equity 386

58

Selecting Execution Speed

59

Selecting the Monitor Type

60

Controlling the Volume

61

Resetting the Computer

61

Ctrl and Alt and press the

62

Num Lock, Scroll Lock

64

Caps Lock

64

Using Disks and Disk Drives

65

Types of Diskette Drives

67

Write-protecting Diskettes

72

Making Backup Copies

73

Using a Single Diskette Drive

74

Using a Hard Disk Drive

75

Backing up the hard disk

77

Turning Off the Computer

78

Starting and Exiting MS-DOS

79

Drive Designators

80

The Default Drive

80

The MS-DOS Command Format

81

Entering MS-DOS Commands

82

Creating and Managing Files

83

Copying Files

84

Deleting Files

87

Using Directories

88

The Default Directory

90

Using Pathnames

90

\WORDPROC\PERSONAL

91

Filenames

92

Creating Directories

94

Removing Directories

94

Formatting Diskettes

95

Hard Disk)

97

Backing Up

98

Using the Epson HELP Program

101

Your Equity 386

102

Using the Epson MENU Program

103

MENU Program Options

104

Using the XTREE Utility

105

Running XTREE

106

Cautions

107

Using an AUTOEXEC.BAT File

108

Equity 386

109

Using Memory Beyond 640KB

110

About EEMM386.EXE

111

Using HDCACHE and EEMM386.EXE

112

Installing Options

113

6-2 Installing Options

114

Installing Option Cards

115

6-4 Installing Options

116

Installing Options 6-5

117

Installing an Option Card

118

Installing Options 6-7

119

6-8 Installing Options

120

Installing Options 6-9

121

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122

Installing Options 6-11

123

Removing the SPF card

125

6-14 Installing Options

126

Changing the jumper settings

127

Replacing the SPF card

128

6-16 hulling Options

128

Removing an Option Card

129

Replacing the Cover

130

Post-Installation Setup

131

Troubleshooting

132

The Computer Won’t Start

133

The Computer Locks Up

133

Monitor Problems

134

Diskette Problems

135

Hard Disk Problems

136

Software Problems

137

Option Card Problems

138

A-8 Troubleshooting

139

Power-on Diagnostics

140

Clock and CMOS RAM Check

141

RAM Check

142

Display Card Check

143

Optional RAM Check

143

Floppy Disk Drive Seek Check

143

1782-Disk controller failure

144

178x-Disk x failure

144

179x-Disk x error

144

Performing System Diagnostics

145

Diagnostics

146

Modifying the DEVICE LIST

147

Selecting a Test

149

Resuming From an Error

150

System Board Check

151

Keyboard Check

152

System Diagnostics

153

Monochrome Adapter Check

154

Attribute Check

154

CHARACTER SET CHECK

155

Is the display correct (Y/N)?

155

Run All Above Checks

156

Color Graphics Adapter Check

157

Character Set Check

157

40-column Character Set Check

158

320x200 Graphics Mode Check

159

640x200 Graphics Mode Check

160

Screen Paging Check

160

Light Pen Check

161

Color Video Check

162

Sync Check

163

Sequential Seek Check

164

Random Seek Check

165

Write, Read Check

165

Math Coprocessor Check

166

Alternate Parallel Port Check

167

Serial Port (RS-232C) Check

167

Alternate Serial Port Check

169

Dot-matrix Printer Check

169

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171

Read, Verify Check

172

Run All Above Tests

173

Error Codes and Messages

174

Appendix D

177

Physically Formatting a Hard

178

Conditional Format (Normal)

179

Unconditional Format

182

Hard Disk D-7

183

Destructive Surface Analysis

184

Hard Disk Drive Types

187

Specifications

189

Power Supply

190

Mass Storage

190

Keyboard

191

Environmental Requirements

191

Physical Characteristics

191

Glossary

192

Glossary 5

196

Wildcard

207

Write-protect

207

10 Index

217

Epson 386 User Manual (11 pages)

Brand: Epson | Category: PC/workstation barebones | Size: 0.05 MB |

English

Table of contents

Product Support Bulletin

1

INFORMATION

3

EQUITY 386/25 PLUS

11

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