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From: WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Reply to AT Bridgeboard Problems
Message-ID: <90245.162153WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 2 Sep 90 20:21:53 GMT
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In article <1990Sep2.170458.3329@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, griffin@frith.msu.edu
(Danny Griffin) says:
>
>Read of your Bridgeboard dilemma.  I have had many problems with my
>XT Bridgeboard. It would boot sometimes, others not at all.  Binddrivers
>wouldn't work, and then I'd get library not found errors.  Intermittent
>problems are hardware related, and after reseating the chips and messing
>with the cabling, I resolved myself to resoldering all the connection
>points on the board.  My Brdgeboard hasn't failed in almost a year, now.
>It went from 20% to 100% reliability.
>--

>Dan Griffin
>griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu               "Crritic!"  -- Estragon

Repositioning the cabling from the AT board to the 5.25 inch drive seems to
affect the reliability to a great extent.  I think half the problem with
these boards is the 24 inch flux-monster cable they use to connect the
two devices.  What they should do is shield these cables with a foil/pvc
jacket.