Epson EQUITY 3865X/20 PLUS - Manual (Page 73)

Using a Power-on Password
If you set a power-on password when you ran the Setup program,
you must enter it every time you turn on the computer or press
the
RESET button. Follow these steps to use your password:
1. If you do not have a hard disk, insert your MS-DOS Startup
diskette in drive A.
2. Turn on the computer or press
RESET.
The screen displays
a key prompt:
3. At the key prompt, type your power-on password. The key
turns when you type a character, but the screen does not
display the characters you type. Then press Enter.
After you type the password correctly and press Enter, a happy
face character appears. Then the computer loads MS-DOS.
Note
If you turned on network server mode when you ran the
Setup program, you need to use a different procedure to enter
your password. See "Using Your Computer as a Network
Server" in Chapter 4.
You have three chances to enter the correct password. If you do
not enter the correct password at the key prompt, another key
prompt appears. If you do not enter the correct password at the
second and third key prompts, the screen displays a zero, the
keyboard locks up, and you cannot use the computer. Press
RESET
and try to enter the correct password again. (See
“Resetting the Computer,” above, for instructions.)
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