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Epson 386/25 User Manual

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Diskette

A flat piece of flexible plastic coated with magnetic material
used to store data permanently.

Display adapter card

A circuit board that can be installed in one of the computer’s
option slots to provide the monitor interface. The display

adapter card controls the way the monitor displays text and

graphics. (In the Equity 386/25 PLUS, a VGA display adapter

is built into the system board.) Also known

as Video card.

DOS

Disk Operating System. A commonly used operating system that

controls the computer’s input and output functions. See

Operating system.

Double-density

A type of diskette format that allows you to store twice as much

data as the standard-density format. A 5¼-inch double-density
diskette can store 360KB of data. A 3½-inch double-density
diskette can store 720KB of data.

Drive

designator

The letter name of a disk drive, followed by a colon-for

example, C : .

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter. A type of display adapter card that

allows you to display high-resolution graphics on a compatible

monitor. It can display up to 43 lines of text with 80 characters

on each line, or it can display monochrome or 16-color graphics

at up to 640

x

350 resolution.

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