Specifications

General Information
Q21.
A.
Q22.
A.
Q23.
A.
Q24.
A.
Q25.
Q26.
A.
How do you set the Real Time Clock (RTC) for date and time?
Use the SETUP utility program supplied with the MS-DOS disk.
Does The Equity It have parity check for RAM?
Parity check is optionally available by adding 4 RAM chips
in the empty parity RAM sockets and setting jumper number 2
(located next to the speaker connector) to position "B".
Insert two HM50256P-12 RAM chips in sockets 6M and 7M and
two HM4864AP-12 RAM chips in sockets 6N and 7N.
Which Math-Coprocessor chip do I need?
An 8087-1 Math-Coprocessor chip which runs at 10MHz is
recommended.
When using the Microsoft serial mouse, the Equity It won't
power up until the mouse is moved and when using a Logitech
serial mouse the mouse isn't recognized so the driver
doesn't load.
Some systems have encountered a problem with not being able
to initialize when a self powered serial mouse is connected
to the serial port. This can be corrected by connecting the
mouse to a separate serial card or by changing the main
system logic board with a revision 03 board. Please refer to
ECN # EQI+ - 001.
Will IBM compiled BASIC programs run on the EQUITY It?
Most BASIC programs written for the IBM PC-XT will run on
the EQUITY It. As with all compatible computers, some BASIC
programs will not run.
This is because IBM BASICA is
resident in copyrighted ROMs.
All compatibles use a version
of GW-BASIC which is loaded from diskette.
Due to
differences in the BASIC,
some programs will not operate
correctly.
I can't
find some of the programs referred to in the
MS-DOS 3.2 manual on the MS-DOS diskette. Where are they?
The GW-BASIC
diskette contains
many of the utility
programs, such as EDLIN and XTree,
which are referred to
in the MS-DOS manual.
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