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Article #11155Re: 386BB int.floppy cable connector
From: Per Goverud
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:09
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:09
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>Anyone have any ideas on where I can find the special connector cable >to hook up the internal amiga drives, to be shared with the 386 BB? >Or do I need it, can I fake things w/ CrossDOS and access the DD IBM disks >for the BB via the amiga side? You can use AWrite and ARead to copy between a BB device and Amiga device. >I've got the manual, but the drawings of the 3 different cables that came >with the BB when it was new, leave a bit to be desired. Is it just a way >to hook 2 things up to one floppy? Can I go buy a part to clip onto the >existing floppy cable from a computer shop and plug the BB into that? Yes, you can. It's just a matter of looping the original Amiga floppy-cable through the BridgeBoard to make it share the drive. You can either make an extension of the existing floppy cable so that it reaches the BridgeBoard, or you could replace it with a longer one all the wayfrom the Amiga motherboard.I would go for the last option, because you then only need to make one new cable. The old one you can use betwwen the BB and the floppy drive. Then you also need to make another cable for a dedicated BB drive, preferably a 1.44 drive. I hope this helps, but don't hesitate to ask again if you need more details. Per G.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sn.no!usenet From: pego@sn.no (Per Goverud) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations Subject: Re: 386BB int.floppy cable connector Date: 13 Apr 1996 00:09:37 GMT Organization: SN Internett Message-ID: <1251.6677T119T1190@sn.no> References: <Dprn5y.617@serval.net.wsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: drammen1-16.ppp.sn.no X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP)