Specifications

Q12. What is the average access time of the hard drive in the
E&III+?
A. Both 40MB hard drives supplied by
Epson (Miniscribe, CDC)
have a 28ms average access time.
Q13. Does the numeric co-processor run at 12MHz like the CPU?
A. No,
the co-processor runs
at 8MHz or 2/3 of the CPU speed.
Q14. Will the EQ III+ support three floppy drives?
A. No.
The Epson FDD controller and ROM BIOS supports a maximum
of
two
floppy
drives. A
second
controller cannot be
accessed.
Q15. When I press 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 I correct this?
A.
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 foreign
keyboard.
2. Then
return to the US type keyboard by pressing
Ctrl (Control),
Alt (Alternate), F1.
This will solve the problem, but must be done at bootup.
A ROM BIOS
revision Version
2.20 has
been released
as a
permanent solution.
Q16. Will the EQ III+ support a 3.5", 720KB floppy disk drive?
A. The EQ III+ has full support for the 3.5" 720KB floppy disk
drive. Epson offers the A112A-AA for this requirement.
Q17.
Is the Plus Development HARDCARD compatible with the
EQIII+?
A. The
Hardcard 20/40 are not
compatible
due to Plus
Developments use of an 8 bit controller.
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