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From: guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard questions...
Message-ID: <1991Feb14.141413.8182@ns.network.com>
Date: 14 Feb 91 14:14:13 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.034710.11646@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> blf@churchy.ai.mit.edu (Bill Frandsen) writes:
>I have a couple of questions regarding the bridgeboard.  My system consists
>of an Amiga2000/6.2 motherboard, ECS Agnes, 2 Megs fast ram, A2088 BB.
>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) :)
>
>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.
>
Well the 2nd question rings true for me too but can be fixed by tapping
on the ALT and CTRL keys a couple of times... 
3rd question: That doesn't happen to me... maybe you have A:\ in your "path"?