Specifications

EPSON
EPSON AMERICA INC.
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN
DATE:
04/12/88
NUMBER:
S-0042
SUBJECT:
Equity III+
- Common Questions and Answers
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GENERAL
Q1.
A.
Q2.
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Q3.
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Q4.
A.
What are the Drive types for the 40MB hard drives
used with
the EQ III+?
The drive type for the 40MB HDDs depends on the amount of
cylinders and heads the drive has. The two drives that
are
currently supplied
by Epson are the Miniscribe 6053 (type
45),
and the CDC 94205-51 (type 17).
Can the floppy disk drive
controller be disabled
in the
E&III+?
Yes, it
can be disabled on the SPFG board by changing two
jumpers. Jumpers J1 and J2 (SPFG board) have to be set to
BC.
With
the FDD) controller enabled,
the jumpers are set to
AC.
How do you disable the parallel port on the EQ III+?
To disable the parallel port on the EQ III+, jumpers
J3 and
J4 on the SPFG board have to be set to position BC. To
enable the parallel port,
set the jumpers to AC.
Are there any extension cables available for the EQ III+
enhanced keyboard?
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.
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