This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Thanks for your reply! I appreciate it. You may want to check with SOTA or another SOTA user about adding more memory. It is my understanding that you cannot use it with the BB. Do you know if I can use my LIM 4.0 board? I know I have the…
Keith, The return address on the sample sent to me is as follows: CROSSINGS 345 East 93rd Street, 26E New York, NY 10128 The price is $40/year for 12 issues. I liked the sample that Marion sent me, and I've ordered a subscription just recently. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless…
Fred, Can you post any more details about who puts it out and when? It sounds interesting! Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
#SOTA 386si
Message #39435
Steven, What does the SOTA 386si do for you? Since it appears not to have its own memory, I guess it accesses the memory and i/o stuff that you already have. Did you have any special setup software to 'awaken' the board upon bootup? Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairles 'Perfessor…
#DRDOS
Message #39088
Steven, I'm running DRDOS 5 on my XT bridgeboard now. Except for losing the jlink virtual drives, it is similar to running MSDOS 3.3. The aread/awrite command pair is still available. The atime and amouse also work assuming you don't have something else like the SOTA 386si that prevents the…
Paul, You might want to ask someone else about typical IBM program memory allocation with regard to specific titles. I know general information especially since I've programmed in Z80 assembly language and am familiar with CP/M, the ancestor of both MSDOS and DRDOS. I was mainly interested in the expanded…
article
Message #39083
Ken, Let us know who's going to print it! Gayle 'Perfessor Fearless'
BB memory cards
Message #38897
Paul, The Rambank is a memory card for expanded memory and filling conentional memory, i.e., it can be used for filling 512K out to 640K with the rest going for expanded memory. It is made by Diamond Flower Electric Instrument Co. The Rambank is sold as MEMO-2000X by Alex Electronics,…
#BB slot extension
Message #38896
Ken, Those Jameco cards are listed on page 54 of their 1992 Annual Catalog. For those who may not already know, their order number is (800) 831-4242. Their address is 1355 Shoreway Road, Belmont, CA 94002. The fax is (800)237-6948; telex, 176043. The plug-in card is 7"L x 4.25"H; the…
Ron, The rumors are flowing like the rain and snow. When it clears, perhaps we'll know! 🙂 Sincerely (it's late!), (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Denny, With 386 chip prices going down, perhaps Commodore will do it! Who knows? Thanks for the information! Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Ken, Something that plugged in like a card would be good. Shipping machines to you for service would probably take too much time and cost for some of us. A local service perhaps would be feasible, and mail-order kits or just instructions for your long-distance clients. Perhaps you could write…
Lee, My dealer didn't give me any encouraging words about a Commodore 386 bridgeboard. I believe it's very much up to us and 3rd-party people either to make one or to find a 386 accelerator. Anyway, the Amiga is a nice machine in its own right! 🙂 Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle…
You're welcome!
Ron, I guess I had something else on my mind when talking about amouse. Now I have amouse in my autoexec.bat to use amouse.com. And now that I think about it, the amouse.drv is for Windows, GEM, and other applications that take a mouse driver. See you later! Sincerely, (Mr.)…
I doubt that Commodore is working on an 386 BB. Is this a 3rd-party product? I had asked my dealer about Janus software support for DRDOS 5.0. He seemed to indicate that Commodore was not interested in a 386 BB. They appear to have no plans to support compatibility with…
Robert, Leave a message to Marion Deland. You should be able to find one of her messages in Section 12. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
David, I have not found the $299 list price for the 386si, but the September BYTE does have an ad from ET VALUELINE at (800)395-1000 in 7350 North Linder Avenue, Skokie, Illinois 60077. The ad lists the SOTA 386si at $359. They take Visa and MasterCard. But $60 difference is…
Lee, The AST SixPakPlus has a clock that could probably be used with the SOTA 386si. There is also a serial port on it which could be used to support a serial mouse. I got mine from Bulldog Computer Products at (800) 438-6039. They are in Evans, Georgia. It lists…
I think I meant amouse.com.
Ken, JAMECO (800) 831-4242 lists the PCL755A (Plug-in Extender Card) $49.95 and the PCL755C (Slot Extensiion Kit) $99.95. Do you know if these would work with the XT bridgeboard? What other parts would be needed? Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Fred, Look for his answer to me in section 12 or use the search function. You definitely need to be a good technician! Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Once you create this special BB file, it is possible to boot the bridgeboard (BB) with your system diskette in the A: drive. You should be able now to access the C: drive. I don't remember whether you have to reboot the Amiga. Anyway, you must now use FDISK to…
Paul, You have confused 2 different types of files. As you noted, it is not possible to create a Jlink virtual drive unless the bridgeboard is already booted. The Jlink virtual drives are a MSDOS or DRDOS device set up in your CONFIG.SYS file, more on this later. 'To set…
PC Magazine utility
Message #38157
Marion, You have my permission to quote my reply to Eric about the PC Magazine utility, PRN2FILE. I haven't tried it myself. I found it in my collection of their utilities. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
#AST multi-function card
Message #38156
Vic, Tell AST in Irvine, CA that I like their SixPakPlus. How can I order the optional gameport? Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
#37724-
New Bridge
Message #38152
Ron, Remember that you have only 4 slots in the standard configuration! And the bridgeboard takes at least one! The AT BB will overhang a 2nd slot because it is a sandwich board, i.e., an Amiga slot if you put it in the rightmost slot. You would have to remove…
Chuck, Why do you want to use a bridgeboard to develop Ada? I have an XT BB with an AST SixPakPlus from Bulldog Computers in Georgia (mailorder) and a Rambank by Diamond Flower Electric Instrument Co. These increase my conventional memory to 640K and gives me expanded memory. The Rambank…
Ken, I'm not that handy with my hands. Thanks for your reply. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Denny, I set the switches on the AST SixPakPlus to tell it how much memory was present and how much memory it had. Other choices had to do with configuring the parallel to LPT2, setting the serial port to COM1, and using the AST clock instead of the Amiga time…
Ken, How did you get six slots for your bridgeboard? That could give a BB some decent expansion room! Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Possibly, but IMHO, this is one gremlin with more than one address! Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Names and Roses
Message #37594
Paul, At the time my mother named me after a great uncle. Fashions change. Is it true that the economy tracks the hemline, or is it the other way? Frances or Francis is another name for either gender. Wonder how Gayle Sayers, the football player, coped with his name? Sincerely,…
Paul, I just remembered that the problem is the buildup of excess capacitance. The POP is the sudden discharge of the charge which, as you've noticed, does wonders for computer logic! The fix avoids the discharge with more insulation. The high voltage wire off the tube, I think, acts as…
Paul, It may be a short between one of the boards in the monitor and the tube. The defect was documented in some magazine that I read some time ago so I'm saying this right off the top of my head. A technician can fix it by putting extra insulation…
Anthony, I solved my conventional memory addition with AST SixPakPlus from Bulldog Computer Products in Georgia. I've posted previous messages about them. Alternatively, if you want only memory you can order the DEMO-2000X from Alex Electronics in San Antonio, TX. It is a Rambank capable of 2 Meg and made…
Eric, You need the PRN2FILE utility on PCMAG. You can GO PCMAG to get to the ZiffNet and download this utility. According to the documentation, it should redirect your printer port to a filename. Of course you can always subscribe to PC Magazine and look for it on their utility…
Marion, The DEMO-2000X ordered from Alex Electronics in San Antonio, TX is a Rambank made by Diamond Electric Instrument Company. It can take up to 2 Meg of DRAMS. I got a quote just recently from Dalco Electronics (800) 445-5342 for $1.25 each for 100 ns and 120 ns 41256's.…
Marion, I just got the board. The company name is DFT, and the documentation refers to it as a Rambank. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
#35941-
XT Bridge memory limit?
Message #36089
Bryt, It's my understanding that there are memory cards (with the LIM EMS 4.0 standard) that will allow you to also have expanded (but not extended) memory. I suppose you would want to shop for one that can split its memory between the 128K needed to fill out your memory…
#35875-
external 5.25 & 2088 BB
Message #36087
Michael, I like to run PCGLOBE 4.0 on mine. It's a little out of date now. I wonder if they'll post weekly updates in some library. Glad we could help. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
DOS 5 Upgrade?
Message #33039
Betty, Are you going to install one of the DOS 5's, on your Bridgeboard? I know MSDOS 5.0 can be installed, but I just had to be different and try DR DOS 5.0. I've given up on getting it to work by myself. This is where I get to test…
Luis, When you go to the Amiga User forum ( GO AMIGAU ), read section 12. Section 12 of AMIGAU has the messages about bridgeboards and AMAX. Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless 'Perfessor Fearless'
#DR DOS 5.0
Message #33034
I bought Dr DOS 5.0 to try to install it on my XT bridgeboard in an Amiga 2000HD. I have Janus Handler Version 2.63 and Janus Library Version 33.1. My XT software runs under MSDOS 3.3. Installation requires booting one of the installation diskettes. Booting does not complete because there…
Ben, Thanks for the reply. I already have the A2088 XT bridgeboard running on an Amiga 2000HD with 3 meg. The guy who sold it to me is going to give me a V20 chip for it. The most immediate thing I'm going to do is probably upgrade to one…
David, While I don't have anything up my sleeve other than my arm, a multi-function card might solve my problem. Additionally, or alternatively, I could simply stay with using a file on my Amiga side as the hard drive like I'm doing now. I set aside a few meg on…
I guess I was counting the pennies to compose the message online rather than the slots. Thanks for the reply. Has anyone tried DR DOS 5.0 on the XT bridgeboard, too? Sincerely, (Mr.) Gayle Lee FAirless 'Perfessor Fearless'
Pardon my ignorance, but how do I get to classifieds? Thanks to you and Alford, et. al., for your replies!
#SOTA 386I
Message #32720
Thanks for the reply. Do they advertise in Computer Shopper? I was also thinking about combining a 386 board with the XT BB and also perhaps getting a separate hard drive such as a hardcard someday. Getting a VGA adapter and monitor would also be nice. Does the 386i board…
What about 386 boards with an XT BB?
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