#A2000
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HELLO THERE! NEEDLESS TO SAY, I NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN. THIS TIME I SUSPECT
IT IS QUITE SERIOUS. YOU SEE, I AM STILL TRYING TO EXPAND MY A2000 TO THE
LIMIT, AGAINST ALL ADVICE, THAT IS, FROM MY IBM FRIENDS. ANYWAY, I JUST
PURCHASED A MULTI I/O CARD FOR THE IBM SIDE. IT HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
1. FLOOPY DISK ADAPTER: TWODS/DD FLOPPY DISK CAN BE ADDED. 2. 2 SERIAL I/O
PORTS (RS-232-1, RS-232-2) 3. BATTERY BACKUP CLOCK/CALENDAR 4. PARALLEL
PRINTER PORT 5. GAME PORT ADAPTER IT COMES WITH ALL KINDS OF SELCT JUMPERS
MOST I DON'T UNDERSTAND. FOR EXAMPLE WHAT IS A JP2:COM1 OR COM2 SELECTING
JUPER, AND WHAT POSITION SHOULD IT BE IN. THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET THAT COMES
WITH THIS MULTI I/O CARD IS WELL DIAGRAMMED BUT IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.
WELL IT IS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH BUT IT READS MORE LIKE A POOR TRANSLATION FROM
GERMAN. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE STATEMENT READS, "…THERE ARE 31 GOLDEN TINGERS
WHICH ALLOW YOU TO CONNECT THEMAINBOARD WITH THE MULTI I/O CARD. …MAKE
SURE IF THE GOLDEN FINGERS ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE CORRESPONDING CONNECTOR
PROPERLY.
…" MY PROBLEM IS THIS. I INSTALLED THE CARD WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. I DID
NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE JUMPERS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SELECT THEM FOR.
WHEN I BOOTED THE IBM SIDE I GOT A MESSAGE THAT SAID "BOOT FAILURE" PRESS
KEY… WHEN I PRESSED A KEY, I GOT ANOTHER MESSAGE WHICH SAID THAT THERE WAS
AN ERROR LOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM. ALL I DID WAS INSERT THE CARD. I DID
NOT CONNECT THE FLOPPY DISK ADAPTER. I ALSO GOT A MESSAGE AT THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN THAT SAID THAT COM1 WAS FOUND OR LOCATED AT E0F8, OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. I DON'T RECALL SEEING THAT MESSAGE BEFORE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IS, IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD DO TO THE I/O CARD BEFORE I INSERT IT? IT
CAME WITH A DISK WITH A LOT OF COMMANDS ON IT, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THIS
DISK IS TO BE USED AFTER THE CARD IS INSTALLED. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY
ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE ME ON THIS, ASAP. I CAN STILL SEND THE CARD BACK IF IT
DOESN'T WORK WITH THE A2000 BIDGEBOARD, ALTHOUGH THE SUPPLIER SAID IT WOULD.
BY THE WAY, I DON'T THINK THE CARD HAS A