My 'newest' one: an Epson QX-10

From: Jason Simpson <jason_at_xio.com>
Date: Mon Sep 21 11:48:06 1998

I picked up an Epson QX-10 yesterday for $22. It came with 256k of RAM, CP/M
2.2, Valdocs 1.19 and Valdocs III+.

Most intruiging is the single card in the expansion slots: a Titan
Technologies QX-PC. I gather that this was a 8088 and memory that allowed the
Epson to run MS-DOS and MS-DOS software (kinda like its big brother, the QX-16).

I have the "QX-PC Pre-boot" disk and the "MS-DOS v2.11" disk that apparently
came with the Titan card. On the Pre-boot disk is a CP/M system and two .COM
files: QXPC, which when run claims to be testing the QXPC card but never
finishes; and QXDISK, which complains about the harddisk(!) being
misconfigured or not responding and returns to the CP/M prompt.

Is/was there a harddisk option for the QX-10?
What other options are/were available for it?
Any ideas about what might be wrong with the QXPC card?

I noticed there's a whole lot more information about the Epson portables (the
HX and PX) on the 'net than there is about the QXs.

        -jrs
Received on Mon Sep 21 1998 - 11:48:06 BST