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A2386 vs A2620 ???

    23-Jun-93 19:51:35
Sb: A2386 vs A2620 ???
Fm: Charles F. Coats 72217,2577
To: ALL
I added a used A2620 card with 68881 and 4MB. The dealer who sold it to me got it as a trade-in on an 030 card. I didn't get any docs or software with it. (Seemed like a good deal at the time.) Unfortunately, my A2386 card is now unavailable. I keep getting a cannot-load, or cannot-open, janus.library error when I try to use PCprefs or PCwindow. I re-installed the bridgeboard software three times. Neither enforcer nor CPU seemed to control the problem. I get the impression a ROM on the A2620 card is grabbing the system on boot-up and preventing NODATACACHE from taking effect. (Does OS2.1 require new ROM's for the A2620 card?) I've just added parallel/serial I/O, Paradise Accelerated VGA, MS/DOS 6.0, and Geos2.0 (recommended BTW). I don't want to have to choose between the A2386 and the A2620. I have the usual college faculty financial blues, and can't justify much more in upgrades. And the IBM compatability is pretty much mandatory! Any advice and information would be appreciated. Thanx. C F Coats –> via AutoPilot