On Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:53:11 +0000 Dale Mentzer wrote:
> Hi listers,
> I have an old (1987 vintage) Epson Apex dual floppy XT and would like
> some help getting this thing to work before I strip it for parts and
> trash the rest. It has been a while since I tried booting it, but
> IIRC it would not boot and I am not even sure if there was even any
> video. I tried searching Epson's web site but found little info.
> Anybody got any links for some Apex information or beter yet some
> experience with this beastie. There is a 10 position jummper switch
> accessible from the back of the machine as well as some jumpers on
> the main processor card (it is a semi-backplane style mobo with some
> components on the main board, and the processor and memory on a card
> in one of the slots). Your excellent help is, as always, greatly
> appreciated.
Many years ago I helped a kid in my neighborhood to set up an old Epson
of the same approximate vintage. I don't remember whether it was an Apex
model, I don't know. If it has a couple of dip-switches on the main
processor card, the positions to which they should be set might mimic those
seen in standard IBM clone 8088 motherboards. Your machine is an 8088,
isn't it? The Epson I worked with had a video output for CGA. The DIP
switches in the back might have something to do with configuring it for
CGA or monochrome output. Some of the DIP switches might have something
to do with comports and IRQ's. If your two floppy drives are 5 1/4", 360K,
and your video card is for CGA, and if it is an 8088, then you probably have
the same kind of beastie I worked with. We got it working just fine and
there was never any need to fiddle with any switches. The entire system was
perfectly OK, as is, from a local bargain basement.
Sam Heywood
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