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From: timha@microsoft.UUCP (Tim HARRIS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 286 Bridgeboard
Keywords: bridgecards, 286
Message-ID: <24@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 27 Nov 90 23:28:49 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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  This has probably been covered umpteen million times
but bear with me and e-mail any comments.  I have had
an Amiga now for about 3 years.  My current system is
an 500 with 1Meg, hard drive and 2 floppies.  I have
given some thought recently to buying a new system, since
I now work on PC's at work I thought of getting a PC Clone
but hate the thought of not having my Amiga around for
most of what I do at home, which is video work.  I know
I'll give my kids the 500 anyway but then I started thinking
about an Amiga 2500 with a 286 bridgeboard so I could have
my Amiga and my PC at the same time.  Here are my
questions:
  
  1. How much RAM can the 286 access?  Is RAM in excess of
640K viewed as Extended or Expanded?
  2. What video mode is supported or emulated with this
thing, standard VGA or worse.  Standard VGA is even the
pits really but could do.
  3. Does the DOS side use your standard 3" drives or do
you need to put a 5" in?
  4. Can you in any way share a hard disk or would you need
a seperate DOS HardCard or something?
  5. Has anyone run Windows on this beast and if so does
it really work?  

  I just want to be able to do some programming work at
home if I need to so Windows is crucial, VGA is pretty
much desired and Windows sort of means I need > 640K
anyway I guess.  
  Thanks in advance for all the help.

  Tim Harris  (timha@microsoft)