Epson Epson Laptop User Manual


 
You can use the VESA compliant, 8514/A feature connector on
the system board if you install an auxiliary video subsystem in
one of the expansion slots, such as an 8514/A compatible video
card or DVI
®
board.
Video drivers for the Mach32 controller, and drivers and
utilities for Windows 3.1 are included on the AT1 Mach32
driver diskette.
Mass Storage
The system supports up to four drives, 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch.
A removable drive carrier bay holds up to two 3.5-inch drives,
including the 1.44MB diskette drive that comes with your
system. The other drive bay holds up to two 5.25-inch drives
(or 3.5-inch drives with 5.25-inch mounting frames), either one
full-height or two half-height.
In these bays, you can install optional diskette or hard disk
drives, as well as tape drives, CD-ROM drives, and optical
drives.
System BIOS
The system BIOS is contained in a flash EEPROM on the main
system board. The BIOS includes the following:
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ISA and PC1 campatibility
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Power-on self test (POST) routines
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Setup program
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PC1 auto-configuration utility (described below)
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BIOS update and recovery code.
4 Introduction