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Dip switch set 2 – Epson Equity II User Manual

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Switch 4 (internal parallel interface)-To use two or more parallel

devices (usually printers), you need to designate the built-in parallel

interface as either primary or secondary. In MS-DOS, you would then

refer to it as

LPT1

or LPT2 respectively. To use the built-in interface as

the primary device, turn off switch

l-4.

If you have not installed extra

parallel interfaces, the built-in interface is the primary device regardless

of how you set this switch. You cannot disable the built-in parallel inter-

face. If you have installed optional parallel interfaces, you can use the

built-in port as the secondary device if you turn on switch

l-4. You

can

then select any peripheral connected to an optional port as the primary

device.

Most option cards which contain parallel interfaces have jumper connec-

tors which you must set to tell MS-DOS whether you are using the port

as

LPTl,

LPT2, or LPT3. If you use the built-in interface as the primary

device, you must set the jumper on the optional interface to make it

LPT2 or LPT3. If you accidentally set both to act as the primary device,

you will not damage the computer, but you will get unpredictable results

from both interfaces.

Switches 5 and 6 (monitor type)-Set switches

l-5

and l-6 according to

your monitor type as shown in Table

l-l.

Be sure to set these switches

properly or you may damage your monitor. If you do not want to use the

built-in video port (for example, if your monitor connects to an option

card), turn on switches l-5 and

l-6

to disable internal video.

Switches 7 and 8 (number of floppy disk drives)-If your system has one

floppy disk drive, turn on switches 1-7 and 1-8. If your system has two

floppy disk drives, turn off switch 1-7 and turn on switch

l-8.

DIP switch set 2

Table l-2 and the descriptions below explain how to set the DIP

switches in set 2.

Note: Switches

2-l

through 2-4 and switch 2-6 are not used. Leave them

Off.

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