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2088 BridgeCard

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From: George Armhold
Date: Wed, 02 May 1990 23:50
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System:
	A2000, 1 Meg.
	A2088 Bridgecard, Janus 2.0
	A2091 HD controller and 40 Meg quantum HD.
	OS 1.3

I've been having some problems with getting the BridgeCard to work properly 
under OS 1.3.  Since getting the Janus 2.0 update, I haven't been able to
get the color mode PC to work.  The BridgeBoard boots up ok, but the text
is not visible.  That is, if you type 'dir', the disk drive runs for a while 
and (presumably) does a directory listing.  But you can't see anything on the
screen- no text.  It works fine in mono mode though.  

Another problem- we just got the A2091 with a 40 meg quantum (!!!), and I'm
trying to get the BridgeBoard to see the HD.  I've created a 5 meg partition
on the HD, and I'd like to use it solely for the PC.  According to the docs,
I can map the  c: drive on the PC to any Amiga drive (floppy, HD, RAM DISK.) 
via the "PCDisk" program on the Amiga side, and the "Jlink" program on the
PC.  Whenever I run PCDisk the BridgeBoard locks up.  I can reset it via
CTRL-ALT-DEL, and it starts to re-boot, but locks up just before it should
start accessing the disk.  The only way I can get the PC back is by re-booting
the entire Amiga.  It seems as if the Amiga and the PC are unable to
communicate with each other. Is this a bug in Janus 2.0 or am I doing 
something wrong?  Also, what is the "PCHard" program for?  Assuming this all 
gets worked out, would it be able to boot the bridgecard directly from the 
5 meg partition on the Amiga HD?  

Thanks for any and all help,

-George
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From: armhold@topaz.rutgers.edu (George Armhold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 2088 BridgeCard
Keywords: no color, virtual drives
Message-ID: <May.2.19.50.04.1990.29958@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 2 May 90 23:50:16 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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