Epson QX-10 Personal Computer User Manual


 
CONTENTS
1.
Getting Started
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1
Unpacking
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1
Getting Hooked Up
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3
Power
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8
Booting
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10
Warm and Cold Booting.
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10
Drive A/Drive B
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10
Caring for Your Diskettes.
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11
Make Backup Copies Often.
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12
Don’t Touch Those Diskettes!.
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13
Don’t Force the Merchandise.
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13
Beware of the Magnetic Field.
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14
Keep it Comfortable.
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14
Inserting Diskettes ...............................
14
2.
QX-10
Components.
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17
The Microprocessor.
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17
The Chip
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17
Bits and Bytes.
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17
QX-10 Memory.
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18
Programs
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19
The QX-10 Keyboard.
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19
The Video Monitor.
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20
Other Features ..................................
21
ROM
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21
Direct Memory Access Controllers.
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21
Serial Port ..................................
22
Centronics-compatible Parallel Port.
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22
CMOS RAM Memory.
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22
Clock Calendar.
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22
Light Pen Interface.
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23
Option Cards ................................
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