Epson ENDEAVOR 486I Manuel D’Utilisation

EPSON ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i

Video

Diskette

Hard disk

Monitor

Parallel

Serial

Keyboard

Mouse

Option slots

Speaker

Cirrus Logic GD5430 high-performance
GUI accelerator controller supports
resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in 256 colors
with 1MB of video DRAM; 1280 x 1024
with 2MB of video DRAM

Controller on main system board supports
up to two diskette drives or one diskette/
combo diskette and one tape drive

Two PCI, ATA-2 compatible two-channel,

local bus IDE interfaces on main system
board support up to four IDE devices (two
on each channel); CD-ROM drives cannot
be connected to the same channel as hard
disk drives; BIOS provides hard disk

auto-sensing and enhanced IDE functions

Energy Star compliant video interface for
fixed or multi-frequency monitor built into
system board; 15-pin, D-shell connector

One standard, multimode parallel

interface built into main system board;
supports S-bit unidirectional, 16-bit
bidirectional, and EPP/ ECP (Enhanced
Parallel Port/Extended Capability Port)
modes; 25-pin, D-shell connector;
operation controllable by SETUP program

and jumpers

Two high-speed RS-232C, programmable,

asynchronous interfaces built into main
system board; 16C550-compatible; 9-pin,
D-shell connectors

PS/2™ compatible keyboard interface built

into main system board; 6-pin, mini DIN
connector

PS/2 compatible mouse interface built
into main system board; 6-pin, mini DIN
connector

Connector card with five I/O expansion
slots; three ISA compatible (8.33 MHz bus
speed), two PCI compatible (33 MHz bus
speed)

Internal

Diskette drive
types

Hard disk drive
types

Other devices

System security

Virus protection

Internal mount:
One 

 wide, one-inch high drive

Externally accessible mounts:
One 

 wide, one-inch high drive

and two 

 wide, half-height drives

Tower
Front internal mount:
One 

 wide, one-inch high drive

Rear internal mounts:
Two 

 wide, one-inch high drives or

one 

 wide, full-height drive

Externally accessible mounts:
Two 

 wide, one-inch high drives

and two 

 wide, half-height drives

 diskette drive, 720KE or 1.44ME

storage capacity; 

 diskette drive,

360KB or 1.2MB storage capacity;
or combination 

 or

 diskette drive

 or 

 form factor hard disk

drive(s), up to half-height size; maximum

of four drives

Half-height tape drive, CD-ROM drive,
optical drive, PCMCIA card reader, or
other storage device; 

 or 

with mounting frames

Detachable, two-position height; 101 or
102 sculpted keys; country-dependent
main typewriter keyboard;
numeric/cursor control keypad; four-key
cursor control keypad; 12 function keys

Detachable, two-button, PS/2 compatible

Stored in ROM; accessible by pressing 

Del

during boot

User and Supervisor level passwords

available for system boot or diskette access

Write protection feature for the hard disk

drive boot sector

2 - ActionPC 7000, ActionTower 7000, Endeavor 486i 5/19/95