Epson HX-20 Portable Computer Operations Manual PDF (EN)

Front Matter

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of Source Telecomputing Corporation. a subsidiary of the is a registered trademark of CompuServe. Inc. Copyright® 1982 by Epson America, Inc. Torrance, California 90505 ii

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Front Matter

Federal Communications Commission Statement “This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equip- ment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Radio Frequency Interference l Reorient the receiving antenna l Relocate the computer with respect to the receiver l Move the computer away from the receiver l Plug the computer into a different outlet so that com- puter and receiver are on different branch circuits. If necessary, the user should consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ television technician for additional suggestions.

The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communica- tions Commission helpful: “How to identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems.” This booklet is available from the US Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402, Stock No. 004-000-00345-4.

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Contents

CONTENTS 1 Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dummy cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System bus cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circuitry cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battery charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physicalshock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extreme temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 Preparing Unpackingthe HX-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charging the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . your HX-20 for 13 14 Preparing the printer for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing the printer cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 Inserting the paper roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Inserting the ribbon cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 22 Adjusting the viewing angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing the printer cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 initializing memory and the calendar clock . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 27 Selecting a different character set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using the HX-20 . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning it on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing the menu.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choosing an item from the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 31 31 33 5 The editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The virtual screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thecursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homing the cursor . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clearing the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Typing on the virtual screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . screen 35 35 36 40 40 41 Automatic scrolling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 41 V

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Virtual screen width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Logical lines vs. physical lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Deleting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Insert mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Upper and lower case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Numeric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Graphic characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Retyping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . 44 Printing the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using the special function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 6 Connecting devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 -to a cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 your HX-20 to other -to an RS-232 device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 -to a bar code reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 7 What if you have problems? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 If you can’t turn off your HX-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

61 If the menu displays garbage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 If you encounter other problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 your HX-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 - for a few minutes to a few hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 8 Storing - for a few hours to a few weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 -for a few weeks to a few months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 9 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Architecture.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Help! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 vi

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