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#hddisk bridgecard drives

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#131693From: Odell LeeJun 24, 1988 11:16 PM
Don, according to my ibm friend it will. Assuming that it will, I was wondering if I connected the 3.5 drive to my 1020 5.25 drive in daisy chain if the connection would work. Since the ibm 3.5 drive has its own power source it is possible. My question was more about how to connect a drive to the 1020 in a logical fashion. I will let you know if I am successful. Making up a cable to fit will be my main problem.
#131713From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJun 25, 1988 12:14 AM
Odell, Ok, then if MS-DOS can handle 3 floppies, it should daisy chain just fine…in theory, you can daisy chain 2 (or 3 if you want for a total of 4 floppies) 1020's with the Amiga, so I don't see why not with the IBM side. Don
#132217From: Odell LeeJun 27, 1988 8:25 PM
Thanks Don, I will get back to you on it. I am learning a lot about the Amiga Bridgeboard connection. I now have a mouse for the Bridgeboard I haven't tried it out yet. It is amazing how many of my IBM and Apple friends are interested in the Bridgeboard. I suspect mu IBM friend is waiting for my Amiga to blow up. He is constantly suggesting things…, but he is very cooperative and will allow me to try out some of his equipment. I will let you know how the mouse works with all the other stuff thats connected. I will probably have to do somehing to speed up the Bridgeboard if I add the mouse. Odell
#132283From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJun 28, 1988 2:49 AM
Odell, Supposedly, Orchid's Tiny Turbo 286 card will work with the BridgeBoard. I haven't tried it, but I got a message from another member a while back and he had. Said that it gave him an almost 5x speedup (Norton SI rating of 4.8). Don ;;S_AMIG: – Job 32: Got your description, thanks. Mind if I copy it to the other … ;;S_AMIG: – Job 32: vendors as an example of what I want? <steve>
#132364From: TIM TRIMBLEJun 28, 1988 7:19 PM
Yes Don that is correct. The Orchid Turbo 286 board will work with the Bridgeboard with a better than AT performance. I've been using it with a Flashcard-49 hard disk (28 ms) for all of my IBM related work and havn't had any problems yet. B.T.W. are you doing any more articles for Transactor? I just started another one for Amiga World (July 14 deadline). How is Transactor for timelines/pay? Maybe we should compare notes.. Drop me a note on Easyplex.
#132364From: TIM TRIMBLEJun 28, 1988 7:19 PM
Yes Don that is correct. The Orchid Turbo 286 board will work with the Bridgeboard with a better than AT performance. I've been using it with a Flashcard-49 hard disk (28 ms) for all of my IBM related work and havn't had any problems yet. B.T.W. are you doing any more articles for Transactor? I just started another one for Amiga World (July 14 deadline). How is Transactor for timelines/pay? Maybe we should compare notes.. Drop me a note on Easyplex.
#132283From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJun 28, 1988 2:49 AM
Odell, Supposedly, Orchid's Tiny Turbo 286 card will work with the BridgeBoard. I haven't tried it, but I got a message from another member a while back and he had. Said that it gave him an almost 5x speedup (Norton SI rating of 4.8). Don ;;S_AMIG: – Job 32: Got your description, thanks. Mind if I copy it to the other … ;;S_AMIG: – Job 32: vendors as an example of what I want? <steve>
#132217From: Odell LeeJun 27, 1988 8:25 PM
Thanks Don, I will get back to you on it. I am learning a lot about the Amiga Bridgeboard connection. I now have a mouse for the Bridgeboard I haven't tried it out yet. It is amazing how many of my IBM and Apple friends are interested in the Bridgeboard. I suspect mu IBM friend is waiting for my Amiga to blow up. He is constantly suggesting things…, but he is very cooperative and will allow me to try out some of his equipment. I will let you know how the mouse works with all the other stuff thats connected. I will probably have to do somehing to speed up the Bridgeboard if I add the mouse. Odell
#131713From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJun 25, 1988 12:14 AM
Odell, Ok, then if MS-DOS can handle 3 floppies, it should daisy chain just fine…in theory, you can daisy chain 2 (or 3 if you want for a total of 4 floppies) 1020's with the Amiga, so I don't see why not with the IBM side. Don