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Introduction, Intro-1 – Epson Equity II User Manual

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Introduction

Your Epson® Equity™ II+ personal computer is a versatile, high-

performance system that offers you a wide variety of choices. First you

choose between two models of the Equity II+ main unit, then select the
monitor and peripherals you want to use with it to assemble the configura-
tion that does the most for you.

The Equity II+ main unit is available in these models:

l

One 1.2MB (megabyte) high-density floppy disk drive

l

One 1.2MB floppy disk drive and one 40MB internal hard disk drive.

Both

models include 640KB (kilobytes of memory. You can install additional )

drives in your Equity II+ to increase its storage capacity: another floppy disk

drive (360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, or 1.44MB) or one hard disk.

The Equity II+ comes with both a serial interface and a parallel inter-

face. These interfaces let you connect an Epson printer or plotter, or almost

any peripheral device you choose.

You can further expand the capabilities of your Equity II+ by adding

optional cards to which you connect external devices. The Equity II+ has six

option slots in which you can install option cards. (One slot holds the paral-
lel and serial interfaces.)

You

choose

the type of monitor you want to use with your Equity II+.

A monitor requires a video card. Here are some monitors and video cards

you can use with the Equity II+:

Monochrome monitor (green or amber) and monochrome video card

RGB (red, green, blue) color monitor and either a CGA (color graphics

adapter) card or an EGA (enhanced graphics adapter) card

RGB enhanced color monitor and a CGA or EGA card

Composite monitor, either color or monochrome, and a CGA card

Monochrome monitor and an EGA card

EGA monitor and an EGA card.

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