#bridgeboards etc.
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now that i have the bridgeboard up and running can somebody give me their
opinion of adding an external drive for the pc side. would a 5.25 make more
sense than another 3.5 ( i have 2 internal 3.5s now),i do not have a hard
drive.it seems to me that a b: drive is essential to ms-dos … operations.
Does anyone have any info on the bridge drive commander+ ? I'd appreciate
any input. I do have the 2 internal 3.5s set as virtual drives.
.thanks……ANTHONY
Anthony,
There's a hardware product, called BridgeCommander, ($97.50) which
basically lets any drive in the system serve as both Amiga and MSDos drive
automatically. Seems, if it works, a cheaper solution than buying add on
drives. It apparently requires connection between the Amiga drives and the
drive cable. No wiring or soldering and no software. I haven't seen any
review nor have I heard any comments from an owner, but it sure sounds
nifty. It was last advertised in the recent issue of Amazing Computer on
page 15 from MJ Systems.
I've called them and asked for some literature on the BridgeCommander+. As
soon as I get the info i'll pass it along. ALso how can I expand the board
to 640k,what type of chip and from where should I use?
…thanks …..ANTHONY
Anthony,
I haven't researched it that much, but you can buy what's called a
Multi-Function I/O card which has a serial port, parallel port, mouse port,
and sockets for up to 384k ram. You would add 128k ram to bring it up to
640k. I don't know what type chip is used, but guessing they are 256k by 1
DRAMs which retail around 3-4 bucks each. I've seen a couple of these
animals advertised in Computer Shopper at around 70-80 bucks with 0k ram
installed. The multi-function card is probably the ideal way to go because
then you have a private serial and parallel port for the bridge side and
don't need to use the parallel port on the Amy side.
Steve
Ah Anthony,
I've been wondering how it was going. I haven't got mine yet.
…Dave