Product Support Bulletin

EPSON
EPSON AMERICA INC.
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN
DATE: 1/26/88 NUMBER: S-0035
SUBJECT: USING THE PLUS DEVELOPMENT "HARDCARD" WITH THE APEX PC
The Plus Development "HardCard 20" is a single slot 20 MB fixed
disk mounted on an expansion slot card, for use in IBM PC/XT and
compatible computers. The unit employs controller circuitry from
OMTI/Scientific Micro Systems,
and uses 2,7 RLL encoding.
The HardCard has been
found to be
compatible with the Apex
computer, but there has been some
confusion among customers who
are running through the installation procedures.
This is due to
the HardCard's
special installation
procedure which has been
designed specifically
for use with PC-DOS.
Because of certain
file name differences between MS-DOS and PC-DOS, the Plus install
program will not run using the APEX MS-DOS.
The
HardCard is shipped
in a partitioned and formatted state,
with a number of files included on it.
The directory of files is
as follows:
INSTALL
EXE
HCD BAT
HCD1 BAT
HCD2
EXE
HCD3
DAT
HCD3
DIF
HCD6
SCR
PREPARE BAT
SHELL
BAT
LIGHT COM
SOUND
COM
PATCHFMT
EXE
INSTALL DAT
47479 1-01-80
30 1-01-80
128 1-01-80
54769 1-01-80
13440 1-01-80
704 1-01-80
4224 1-01-80
235 1-01-80
18 1-01-80
145 1-01-80
145 1-01-80
12670 1-01-80
425 1-01-80
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These
files
comprise the installation
routine (INSTALL.EXE,
INSTALL.DAT, PATCHFMT.EXE, PREPARE.BAT, and
SHELL.BAT), the Plus
Development
fixed disk
menu program (HCD*.*), and supplemental
utilities (LIGHT.COM and SOUND.COM).
Please refer to
the APEX MS-DOS manual
for details
on the
specific
command functions during the
following installation
procedure.
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