User`s guide

Using Alternate Configuration Files

When you save your configuration in your computer’s CMOS

RAM, the computer also creates or updates the System

Configuration Information file called SYSTEM.SCI. You can

also create an alternate SCI file with a different name for your

own computer or for another Epson EISA computer.

You may want to create an alternate configuration for your

own computer that includes a different set of option cards.

Then, whenever you need to use that configuration, you can

load the alternate SCI file and save it in your computer’s CMOS

RAM.

If you run the EISA Configuration utility on a non-target

computer (an IBM AT compatible computer or another Epson

EISA computer), you can create a file for the target computer.

Then you can transport the alternate SCI file to the target

computer, load it, and save it in that computer’s CMOS RAM.

To create an alternate SCI file, follow the guidelines in the next

section. To load an alternate SCI file when you need to use one,

see “Loading an Alternate SCI File” below.

Creating an Alternate SCI file

You can create an alternate SCI file using the following methods:

Select

Create backup SCI file

from the Maintain

system configuration diskette menu.

Select the

Save as

option from the Maintain SCI files

menu when you are using the advanced configuration

options.

Run the EISA Configuration utility in non-target modeling

mode and save the configuration you create to a backup

SCI file when you exit.

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