Epson ActionPC 1500, ActionPC 2000, ActionTower 2000 Product Information Guide

EPSON ActionPC 1500/2000, ActionTower 2000

speed light power light

voltage

1e/ I

mtd

Inlet

switch

AC outlet

hard disk access light

diskette drive

MOUSE

drive bays

PAALEL\

MA2

reset button

Computer Specifications

CPU and Memory

32-bit CPU

System speed

Memory

ROM

Video RAM

Shadow RAM

Cyrix 486SLC-33 or SLC2-50 microprocessor

Fast and slow processor speeds available; fast is the speed of your processor and slow is 8 MHz

Press Ctrl Alt - to select slow speed or Alt + to select fast speed (use the - or + on the numeric keypad); default system

speed selectable through SETUP 2MB, 4MB, or 8MB RAM standard on

SIMMs; expandable to 16MB using 1MB or 4MB SIMMs; SIMMs must be tin-plated, 30-pin, 8-bit or 9-bit, fast-page mode type with access speed of 70ns

128KB Phoenix system BIOS, video BIOS, and SETUP program located in EPROM on main system board

At least 512KB DRAM on main system board; expandable to 1MB using four

4 x 256 DIP-type DRAM chips Supports shadowing of system and video

BIOS ROM into RAM

Ctrl

button

slots

Memory relocation

-drIvebays

Cache Math

coprocessor Clock/

calendar

Supports relocation of 128KB of memory from

A0000h

1KB of internal cache on processor Cyrix 83S87-33 or 83S87-25

Real-time clock, calendar, and 114 bytes of

CMOS RAM socketed on main system

board with built-in rechargeable NiCad

battery backup

to BFFFFh

Controllers

Cirrus Logic GD5424 high-speed super

VGA local bus on-board controller;

provides True Color support and

resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 in 16 colors

with 1MB of video RAM

Controller on main system board supports

up to two diskette drives or one diskette

drive and one tape drive

IDE interface on main system board

supports up to two IDE hard disk drives

with built-in controller; BIOS provides

hard disk auto-sensing function

3 k

AC outlet\

PARALLEL

COM1

MOUSE Km

AC inlet

voltage switch

Video

Diskette

Hard disk

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Interfaces

Monitor

Parallel

Serial

Keyboard

Mouse

Optional game port

Option slots

Video interface for fixed or multi-frequency monitor built into system board; 15-pin, D-shell connector

One standard 8-bit parallel bidirectional

interface built into main system board;

25-pin, D-shell connector Two RS-232C, programmable,

asynchronous interfaces built into main system board; 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

Optional 10-pin game port interface on system board; can control joystick functions with the addition of a port connector

ActionPC:

Connector card with five 16-bit, ISA compatible expansion slots; three full-length and two half-length

Hard disk

drives

51/4-&h

3l&inch

form factor hard disk drive(s), up to half-height size; up to two drives supported by the internal IDE controller

Other devices

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

5.25-inch or 3.5-inch (mounting frames needed to mount a second 3.5-inch drive in the ActionPC)

Keyboard

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

Mouse SETUP

Program

Detachable, two-button, PS/2 compatible Stored in ROM; accessible by pressing F2

during boot

Physical Characteristics

ActionTower:

Connector card with five full-length,

16-bit, I/O expansion slots; ISA compatible

Speaker

Mass Storage

Internal

ActionPC:

Internal mount:

One

Externally accessible mounts:

One

and two ActionTower:

Front internal mount:

One

Rear internal mounts:

Two one

Externally accessible mounts:

Two 3%-inch wide, third-height drives and two

Diskette drives

3.5-inch diskette drives, 720KB or 1.44MB

storage capacity

5.25-inch diskette drives, 360KB or 1.2MB storage capacity Combination diskette drives: 3.5-inch,

1.44MB and 5.25-inch, 1.2MB

3%~inch

31%~inch

5Gnch

3!4-inch

3&nch

3!4-inch

51/4-&h

wide, one-inch high drive

wide, half-height drives

wide, half-height drive

wide, half-height drives or

wide, full-height drive

wide, half-height drives

* With one diskette drive, without keyboard

Power Supply

Type

Input ranges

Maximum outputs

Frequency

Cables

200 Watt, switchable, UL/TUV listed, fan-cooled

90 to 132

VAC

180 to 260 VAC +5

VDC

at 20 Amps, -5 VDC at 0.5 Amp,

+12

VDC at

8 Amps, -12 VDC at 0.5 Amp 47 to 63Hz Two to main system board, five to mass

storage devices; for more than five devices, Y cables can be installed on the existing cables

Environmental Requirements

Condition

Temperature

Humidity (non-condensing)

Altitude

Maximum wet bulb Acoustical noise

I Operating Range

41° to 90°F -4° to 140°F

I(cP

to 32° C)

20% to 90% 10% t0 90%

-330 to 9,900 ft -330 to 39,600 ft

(-100 to 3.000 m) 68° F (20° C)

I46.2.a

)

Storage range

)

(-20° to 60° C)

(-100 to 12.000 m)

134° F (57° C)

N/A

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Major Subassemblies

EPSON ActionPC 1500/2000, ActionTower 2000

The following diagrams illustrate the major subassemblies in

option card connector board

video

memory

ActionPC

sockets

coprocessor

so&et

J15

drive mounting bracket

the

ActionPC and ActionTower systems.

J10-J12

power

drive bays

ActionTower

drive bays

microprocessor

option card

\ connector

board

herd disk drive

mounting bracket

SIMM sockets

poker supply

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