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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard questions...
Message-ID: <893@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 14 Feb 91 14:05:58 GMT
References: <1991Feb14.034710.11646@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1991Feb14.034710.11646@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> blf@churchy.ai.mit.edu (Bill Frandsen) writes:
>I also have a CMI 14.28 MHZ processor accelerator installed, with a 68881
>co-processor.  (This is the board that pops in the 68000 socket, not the
>CPU expansion slot)
>
>My first question is:  Why can't I use the Bridgeboard with the accelerator
>on?  I have to leave it at 7.14 MHz.  Any attempts at any point running the
>toggling program will cause the bridgeboard janus software to crash.

Can't tell you, but on my A2000 I run an A2620 card that is rather fast
and gives null problems with my AT bridgeboard. I also have a PC-side
hardcard working fine plus an A2090A with 20 MB disk on the Amiga side.
No problems.

>2nd BB question:  How come some times after working on the BB, and switching
>windows to the Amiga (like the CLI), when I type, only ALT characters
>seem to appear.  Same thing goes for the term program, or word processor
>on the Amiga side.  I sometimes can get it out of this lock, but often have to
>reboot the Amiga.  (No CAPS LOCK isn't down) :)

This also happens to me sometimes, though very rarely. Don't know the cause
but I come around it by hitting as often the Alt key as is needed to bring
it back to normal operation.

>3rd question:  How come Janus insists at looking at the A: drive all the time?
>It is very annoying to be working on the C: drive, moving files, zipping
>stuff, or running Quatto, and any time it comes to accessing C:, the light for
>A: comes on, and it sits there for about 20 seconds, unless I put in a disk
>for it to read, then it goes on its merry way.  Also, it sits there for about
>20 seconds at boot time before booting from the C: partition.  Is there a
>way to alter the time required that it hunts these drives?  It is really
>annoying.

Never experienced that, also not with an XT bridgeboard. My BBs boot fine
from their PC side disks and never access the floppy as far as I don't
tell them. Perhaps you should check your AUTOEXEC.BAT for a path that
includes A:. If present, remove this entry.

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