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From: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2088 bridge card
Message-ID: <7352@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 17:47:32 GMT
References: <4616@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <4616@crash.cts.com> news@crash.cts.com (Usenet News) writes:
$   I just got a used BridgeCard 2088, actually a PC Emulator(whatever that is,
$I assume a BridgeCard).  Well anyhow, I been having problems with the little
$bugger, I can't get it to do PC Color! Mono Works Great! But Color Well it
$sits there with a blinking cursor, I have no manual, so I dunno anything about
$it.

I was wondering why you did not receive a manual with the Bridgeboard?  Did
you purchase this from a dealer, or somewhere else?  All Bridgeboards are
shipped from Commodore with documentation and disks.

Anyway, I'm not sure how familiar you are with MS-DOS, but to have the command
prompt come up on the color (CGA) side, you need to execute a "mode co80"
command.

I would also like to know how to use a video card such as EGA with the
$BridgeCard, I know it's possible but I dunno how to do it.

Yes, EGA and other PC cards work fine with the Bridgeboard.

$Is there any possible way to access the use df0: and df1: as PC drives
$like with the tranformer

Files can be moved back and forth, but no, the internal Amiga drives cannot
be used transparently as PC drives.  They can be used as PC storage devices,
but the disks are still AmigaDOS formatted.

The XT Bridgeboard has an external disk drive connector, and an Amiga 3.5" drive
can be connected to it, and used as a PC drive.  Bottom line: the drive must
be connected to the Bridgeboard directly in order to be used as a PC drive.

$   Help! I have no manual or software(well I just got a copy of the software).

You must get the documentation.  Again, I would like to know where you obtained
the Bridgeboard, if you wouldn't mind.

	Paul.