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From: don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: XT bridgeboard in 3000 - how to set up?
Message-ID: <16115@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 24 Nov 90 03:18:31 GMT
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	I've got the opportunity to pick up a used XT bridgeboard from a friend who never uses his.  My problem is that I've got a 3000, so I can't use the 5.25"
floppy drive that came with it.  The BBoard is plugged in right now but not
doing anything.  Anybody know how I might go about getting it running?
I've heard of something called Bridge Drive Commander which lets you use
Amiga drives as PC drives.  Could I use this to set up df0: as drive A:?
(Without interfering with its function as df0:, that is.)

	One thought I've had is that, once I get the 5.25" copy of DOS moved to
3.5 so I can read it in with CrossDOS, format my 1.3 partition as a DOS one,
and boot the bridgeboard from there, keeping everything else on floppies till
I get a bigger hard drive.  Also, if I get an external PC floppy, would there
be any way to make it drive A:, or at least drive B: without an A:?

	Any advice would be appreciated.

	One more thing... my friend still has the 5.25" drive in his 2000.  How can
it be connected to run as an Amiga drive?  I couldn't spot any place to connect
it (unless there's something under the power supply & drive assembly).  He's
got 2 3.5's, so both of those connectors were in use.  Is it just a matter of
getting a floppy cable with 3 connectors instead of just 2?

	Thanks.

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