Epson Progression 4 User Manual

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power (SPEED) hard disk light
115/230 VAC switch
.
powei
inlet port
access light
bay for hard disk, diskette, tape, CD-ROM, or other drive
keyboard
I
mouse
pod
diskette drive
option card slots
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Computer Specifications

CPU and Memory

32-bit CPU
System speed
4SX/33: Intel® i486SX, 33 MHz microprocessor; can be replaced with optional 487SX/33 or ODP486-33 OverDrive™ processor
4DX2/50: Intel i486DX2, 50 MHz microprocessor; supports future Intel OverDrive processor
4DX2/66: Intel i486DX2, 66 MHz microprocessor; supports future Intel OverDrive processor
High, low, and automatic speeds available; high speed is CPU-dependent (33, 50, or 66 MHz), low speed is simulated 8 MHz, automatic speed switches from high to low only for diskette drive access; speed selection through SETUP, keyboard command, or ESPEED program; 0 wait state memory access at high speed
\
paral’d
port
pod
power button
VGA
monitor
ROM
Video RAM
Shadow RAM
Cache
Virtual Cache
Math coprocessor
Clock/calendar

Controllers

Video
Diskette
Hard disk

Interfaces

Monitor
Parallel
4MB RAM standard soldered on main system board; expandable using 1MB, 4MB, 16MB, or 64MB SIMMs to 128MB (maximum); SIMMs must be 36bit, fast-page mode type with 70 ns (or faster) access speed
128KB ROM containing system BIOS and video BIOS; 64KB ROM containing SETUP code
1MB video RAM on main system board
Automatic shadowing of system and VGA
BIOS ROM into RAM; shadow RAM
address control selectable through SETUP 8KB of internal cache (built into the
microprocessor); cache testing and address control selectable through SETUP
Epson proprietary VirtualCache™ feature automatically creates a “virtual cache” buffer the size of maximum system memory
On 4DX2/50 and 4DX2/66 systems, math coprocessor built into the microprocessor
Real-time clock, calendar, and CMOS RAM on main system board; separate battery backup
Chips and Technologies Wingine™ P64200 VGA controller on main system board;
provides resolutions of 800 x 600 x 64K
colors and up to 1024 x 768 x 256 colors
Controller on main system board supports up to two diskette drives or one diskette drive and one tape drive
Interface on main system board supports up to two IDE hard disk drives with
built-in controllers
VGA interface built into main system board for analog or multifrequency VGA
monitor; 15-pin, D-shell connector One standard 8-bit parallel, bidirectional
interface built into main system board; port assignment and I/O address selectable through SETUP; 25-pin, D-shell connector
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Serial

Keyboard

Mouse
Option slots
Speaker
Alternate VGA
Mass Storage
Two RS-232C, programmable, asynchronous interfaces built into main system board; port assignment and I/O addresses selectable through SETUP; 9-pin, D-shell connectors
PS/2 compatible keyboard interface built into main system board; keyboard speed, delay, and num lock settings selectable through SETUP; 6-pin, mini DIN connector
PS/2 compatible mouse interface built into main system board; 6-pin, mini DIN connector
Four standard 16-bit (or 8-bit) I/O expansion slots; ISA compatible; 8 MHz bus speed
Internal; operation controllable through SETUP and volume selectable by software
IBM compatible VGA pass-through
interface built into main system board; 26-pin connector
Three drives maximum (two horizontal mounts and one vertical mount), configurable using the following:
Keyboard
Detachable; two-position height; 101 sculpted keys; numeric/cursor control keypad; four-key cursor control keypad; 12 function keys
Power Supply Type
Input ranges
145 Watt, fan-cooled 90 to 132 VAC and 180 to 264 VAC, switch
selectable voltage
Maximum
+5 VDC at 18 Amps, +12 VDC at 4.0
outputs Amps, -5 VDC at 0.3 Amps, -12 VDC at
0.3 Amps Frequency 47 to 63Hz Cables Two to main system board; four to mass
storage devices

Option Slot Power Limits

Maximum current
For each slot For all four
slots
+5 volts
7 Amps 1.5 Amps 0.3 Amps
16 Amps
+12 volts -5 Volts and -12 Volts
3 Amps 0.3 Amps

Environmental Requirements

Condition Operatlng range
Horizontal mounts
Vertical mount
Diskette drives
Hard disk drives
Other devices
Up to two externally-accessible, half-height horizontal mounts; each horizontal bay can accommodate one
s&inch
form factor diskette, tape, CD-ROM, or other drive, or one 3M-inch form factor hard disk, diskette, tape, CD-ROM, or other drive with
5X-&h
mounting frames attached One internal third- or half-height vertical
mount; vertical bay can accommodate one
3%inch
form factor hard disk or other
drive
5.25-inch, 1.2MB (high-density)
3.5 inch, 1.44MB (high-density)
3!4-inch
form factor hard disk drive(s), up to half-height size; the first mounted vertically, second mounted horizontally
Half-height tape drive, CD-ROM drive, or other storage device; or
3%inch
form factor with
51/4-&h
form factor
5%inch
mounting frames attached
41’
to
95’
Temperature Humidity 20% to 60%
(non-
condensing)
At&l&
Maximum wet bulb Acoustical noise
(5O
-3OOto9,QOOR
(-100 to 3,000 m)
66’F
&O°Cl
37.4 dB(A)
to
F
35OC)

Physical Characteristics

Width 14.8 inches (370 mm)
Depth
16.5 inches (412 mm) Height 4.8 inches (120 mm) weight
16.7 lb (7.6 kg),
without keyboard
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Extended VGA Modes

Mode 60
61
62 64 65 6A/70
72
79
7c 800x600
NI = Non-interlaced I = Interlaced
1024x766
640 x 480

Wingine Modes

Mode 30
32
34
Size
640x480
800x600
1024x766
16
170Hz
‘”
16
256 60
256 56
Colors 256
256
256
60
Hz
70
Hz
72
Hz
75
Hz Hz
73
Hz Hz
60
Hz
Refresh rate Mode type 60 Hz 73 Hz 56 Hz
72 Hz 60 Hz
70 Hz 72 Hz
NI NI
--.
NI NI
NI

Major Subassemblies

J1 5-JQ
main system board
option board
riser card
\
speaker
I
processor diskette
\
drive
power supply
horizontal drive bays
36
40 640 x 480
41
42
43 800x600
NI = Non-interlaced I = Interlaced
1024x766
640 x 480
800x600
NI
NI
-4
NI
I
NI
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Main System Board Diagram

alternate VGA feature connector
VGA video
PI
w
108
1
ll
--3
1
-
u109
l-l
0 u91
UEEl131
parallel
nl
I 0
El
n
In
u97
103
u9e
u
102
El
u99
0
100
El
U99
0
u90
r-l
serial 2
In
serial 1
Uil
u
UIO
I7
u12
LL
u13
0
UlS
cl
Ul6
0
u9
0
Uli
mouse
, ,
keyboard
-
-
!
option board
riser card
connedor
FDD
connector
HDD
connector
n
SIMM2
SIMM1
u75
ml
u77
ml
ue1
ml
UBO
an
U76
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u79
ul
u79
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L13
0
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u53
US3
us5
u54
u57
US8
u59
u37
q
UBO
17
US1
0
us2
0
U63
17
u54
0
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0
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Connector Pin Assignments

Parallel Port Connector (CN5)

pin 13
I
~oooooooo~oo~
pin 25
Parallel Port Connector Pin Assignments
Pin 1 Signal
Strobe
1
Data 0
2
Data
3 4 5
6
7
0
9
*Active bw
1
Data
2
Data
3 14
Data
4 15 Error* 24
Data
5 16
Data
6 17 Select in’
Data
7
logic
Serial Port Connectors
1
Pin 1 Signal
10 11 12 PE 13
18
pin 1
ACK’
Busy 20
Sd%t
Auto’
hit*
Signal ground
(CN4
and
pin 1
I
pin
14
1
CN8)
pin 5
Pin 1 Signal
Signal ground
19
Signal ground Signal ground
21
Signal ground
22 23
Signal ground Signal ground Signal ground
25

VGA Port Connector (CN2)

pin 5
pin 10
pin 15
VGA Port Connector Pin Assignments
VGA Feature Connector
pin 1
“Y...........Y~’
pin 2
VGA Feature Connector Pin Assignments
,/ooooooooeoooow.
(CN17)
pin 1
pin 6
pin 11
pin 25
pin 26
pine-
pin9
Serial Port Connector Pin Assignments
Pin
Signal
1
Data carrier deted
2
Receive data 3 Transmif 4 5
data Data terminal ready Not used
Keyboard Connector Mouse Connector
(CN9)
(CNlO)
Pin 6
7
a
9
and
pin 6 pin 5
Signal Data set ready
Request to send Clear to send Ring indicator
pin4w pin3
pin 2
Caution
Although the keyboard and mouse connectors are
physically identical, they cannot be used interchangeably.
Keyboard and Mouse Connector Pin Assignments
Pin I Signal
1
Data
1
1
2 I Reserved 3 I Ground
pin 1
I
Pin I Signal
14 1
+5
5 6
VDC (fused)
Clock
Reserved
‘Active bw
logic

DMA Assignments

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Hardware Interrupts

System I/O Address Map

Hex address*
000-OlF
020 - 021
022 - 024
i
040-043
080-081,084
070 - 071 (CMOS)
080-08F
OAO - OAl OCO-ODF
OF0
OF1 OF8 - OFF
lFO-
lF8
200 - 207
1278 - 27A
-
2DF Alternate enhanced
280
2El 2E2
and
2E3 2F8-2FF 300-31F
348 - 357
3C0 - 3CF
3D0 - 3DF 3F0 - 3F7
-
3FF
3F8 8E2
and
8E3
793
790
-
AE2 and AE3
B90 - 893
Assigned device
DMA
controller
Interrupt controller 1, Epson resewed function Timer, 8254-2 8042 (Keyboard and mouse) Real-time clock DMA page register, 74LS812 Interrupt controller 2, 8259A DMA controller Clear math coprocessor busy Reset math coorocessor Math coprocessor Hard disk drive Game
I
Parallel printer port 3
GPIB
(adapter 0) Data acquisition (adapter 0) Serial port 2
Prototype card DCA 3278
Enhanced graphics adapter Color/graphics monitor adapter
Floppy disk drive controller
Serial Data acquisition (adapter 1) Cluster (adapter
Data acquisition (adapter 2)
Cluster (adapter 2)
IK)
port
1
1,
8237A-5
NMI
(non-maskable interrupt
2,8237A-5
graphics
1)
8259A,
master
adapter
mask)
Hex address* EE2 - EE3
1
A2El
C2El WC8
A!
Data acquisition (adapter 3)
.
luster (adapter 4)
j GPIB 1 GPIB 1
WING
.-.
.- --
r
1)
(adapter 5) (adapter 8)
INEIRAMDAC
~1
*
Recommended addresses for installing devices

Jumper Settings

See
the illustration on page 3 for the location of the jumpers
on the main system board.
CPU Speed Jumper Settings
CPU speed
SX/33, DX2/66 (33 MHz) DX2&0
(25 MHz)
*
Factory setting according to processor external speed
these jumpers unless you replace the
CPU
Type
Jumper Settings
CPU type*
486sw33
ODP48833 or ODP488DX50/88
*
Factory-set according to system type. You need to change jumpers
J5-J8 only if you have the
microprocessor chip and install a new one, or if you install a future
OverDrive
487SW33
processor in the
Jl*
A A B B
55 J8
B A A A
4Sw33
4DX2/50
J2*
DX2/50
B
A
system and you remove the original
or
4DX2/88.
Other Jumper Settings
I
JumDer I Jumper
number
J9”
JlO
Jll
J12”
J13
J14, J15 A’:
*
Factory setting
“To use a mouse connected to a port on an option card, set J9 to B and
J12 to A. lf you connect another type of pointing device (such as a joy
stick) to the option card port, set both jumpers to A.
setting
A*
B
A*
B
A’
B A
B’
A
B’
lB
1
Function
Enables the built-in mouse connector Disables the built-in mouse connector Enables the built-in VGA display adapter Disables the built-in VGA display adapter A color monitor is installed A monochrome monitor is installed
Enables a mouse or other pointing device connected to an option card Disables a mouse or other pointing device connected to an option card Disables the password
Enables the password
Reserved
J3* J4*
B A
clock;
chip with a
57
B A
B
A A
do not change
DX2/88
chip.
58
B A B
,
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Processor Chips

If you have the 4SX/33 system, you can install an Intel
OverDrive processor
(ODP486-33)
or a
487SX/33
microprocessor (with built-in math coprocessor) on the main system board. Installing an OverDrive processor effectively doubles the internal clock speed of the computer’s microprocessor; future OverDrive processors may be available for the 4DX2 /50 and 4DX2 /66 systems.

SIMM Installation

There are two SIMM sockets on the main system board. To increase the amount of memory in the computer up to
128MB, you can install 36-bit, fast-page mode SIMMs that operate at an access speed of 70 ns or faster, with a capacity of 1MB, 4MB, 16MB, or 64MB.
The following table shows the possible SIMM configurations; do not install memory in any other configuration. Make sure
that both SIMMs operate at the same speed. There is 4MB of
memory soldered onto the main system board.
SIMM Configurations
SIMM 1
1MB
Total memory 4MB * 5MB

Hard Disk Drive Types

The table below lists types of hard disk drives you can use in the computer. Check this table and your hard disk manual to find the correct type number(s) for the hard disk drive(s) installed in the computer. You need to enter the type
number(s) when you set the hard disk drive configuration in
the SETUP program.
Hard Disk Drive Types
Type
Cy$ere Heaea Plecomp
no. ( ) 1
1306
2
I615 14 1300 1615
3
615
4
940 8
5
940
6
615
7
462
a
733
9
1900
10
la20
1 1.
14
6
6 4
a
5
I15 13
Landing Sectors Size’
1128 1305
300
512 512
ncne
256
none
Incm
none
me (SEC) (In
117 117
615
17
940
17
940
17
615
17
511
17
733
17
IQ01
117
la20
I17
D&enrmd
MB) manufacturer
I10
I
120 IST-225,ST4026,
wM3o24
30
ST-136At 62
46 20
CP-3024,ST-125,
ST-125A, 3l 3l ST40038
1112
120
ST-325A
I
I
I64MB
**
*
Standard soldered memory
I64MB
l *
1
128MB
t
‘*When SIMM is available
t
This memory configuration disables the 4MB of soldered memory
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7i5
33
100
25
7x
26 27
6w
28 976
29 30
36 548 a
3
761
40
Qao IO
41
1022
42 1022
43
1024
44 828 45 1024 46 615
l
Actual size when formatted may be slightly different than the size listed
a
naw
7 300 5 466
a
5 5
nme
a
512
10
5 512 1023 17
a 128
none
none
ncne nm
none
722
977
547 38
760 979 1022 1022
ID23 17
a28
618
17
17
39 17 34
36
34
17
CP-SW
Reselled
40 40
Resened
Resemd
al
CP-2084
115
CP-30104$
al
706OA,MK2024FC %I
cDC94216-106(ESoI)
&xl
ClXQ4216-106 68
1325,xm5,LAN64,
XT1065,NDFll665
137
MK-156F
42 40
on the drive label.
t
Hard disk drive supported in translate mode
*
Epson drives
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If the computer has an Epson 120MB or 240MB hard disk drive, select the appropriate type number from the table below.
Epson Hard Disk Drive Types
Type number Epson hard disk drive 39 34 240MB
120MB

Installation/Support Tips

Power

The computer has an input voltage selection switch on the back panel to select between 115V, for USA and Canadian use, and 230V, for use in other countries.

Mouse and Keyboard

When connecting the mouse and keyboard to the computer, be careful to plug them into the proper ports. Although the ports are physically identical, they are not interchangeable, and you can damage the main system board if you plug the connectors into the wrong ports.

Installing Diskette Drives

Make sure that the drive type has been correctly selected in the SETUP program.

Installing Hard Disk Drives

It is recommended that a 16-bit, AT-type hard disk controller be used if you are installing a drive that cannot use the embedded IDE interface. If you install a non-IDE hard disk drive and controller card, you need to use the SETUP program to disable the built-in IDE hard disk drive interface.
See the hard disk drive type tables on page 7 and use the SETUP program to enter the correct type number(s) for the hard disk drive(s) installed in the computer. (Also be sure to use the SETUP program to set the hard disk drive configuration if you install or remove a hard disk drive.) You can select a type number that matches the parameters for the drive or a type number with parameters having lesser values, as long as they do not exceed the maximum capacity (in MB) of the drive. If there is no match for the
drive, you can press Enter and then F2 at the Hard disk 1 or 2 option and enter the drive’s exact parameters.
DclIf you are using a copy-protected program that does not
require a key disk but requires a special procedure to install it on a hard disk, set the speed to low while you install the program. Then set the speed to high while you load and run the program. If this does not work, try installing and loading the program at low speed and then change to high speed to run it.
You can change the processor speed using the SETUP program, the ESPEED program, or keyboard commands. See the User’s Guide and Setup
Guide
for more information.

Password

Make sure that you do not forget the password you set. If you do, you must disable it by setting jumper J13 on the main system board to position A.

Information Reference List

Engineering Change Notices

None.

Technical Information Bulletins

None.

Product Support Bulletins

None.

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Software Problems

Q
If you are using a copy-protected program that can run only on a diskette or that requires a key disk, try to load the program at high speed. If you can’t load the program at high speed, set the processor speed to automatic.
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