Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.hardware:6688 comp.sys.amiga.misc:1204 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mrcnext!anderson From: anderson@mrcnext.uiuc.edu (Brent James Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: BridgeBoard questions Keywords: AT bridgeboard, educational discount Message-ID: Date: 27 Feb 91 13:15:55 GMT References: <9440@hub.ucsb.edu> <19315@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Reply-To: anderson@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 84 drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale) writes: >>2) I've heard mention of the fact that accelerater boards do not work >>with the board. If this is true, could someone tell me why? Is it >>related to the Amiga's CPU speed? I'd like to get a 386 accelerator >>in the future. I'm thinking specifically of the 386SX board from >>Microway. I'd probably be running some Windows software on the IBM >>side and an 8Mhz AT is simply too slow (the 20Mhz AT with 2 Meg I use >>at work is too slow). I have Commodore's 68020 board, will the two >>run simultaneously? (Guru Haynie?) >nobody's had much luck with 386 accelerator boards and the bridgeboard. >i'm not sure why (we don't have any here to play with). there's no >problem running the bridgeboard in a fast amiga. I know you work for Commodore so I mean no disrespect when I say that there appears to be counter evidence to your statement that _no-one_ has had "much" luck with 386 accelerator boards and the Bridgeboard(s). The following BB compatibility list is from Compuserve. Obviously it's not very recent, so the companies listed may no longer exist (I hope not because I have an A2088 that I intend to turbocharge up to a '386 if possible this summer) but each of the three '386 boards are all listed with "positive satisfaction" (albeit, a highly interpretable phrase :-). BridgeBoard Add-On Product Compatibility List 7/11/90 - Steven D. Kapplin, CIS 70055,1021 If you have additional information, please send me EMAIL at above CIS ID on CompuServe. Your contributions are appreciated. Type Make Model Manufacturer A2088 Compat A2086 Compat Price Satisfaction Suppli ---------------------- --------------------- ---------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------------------- --------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ------ Accelerator SOTA 386si State Of Art Technology Yes Yes $400 Yes J & R Accelerator 286 Shortcut286 Tallgrass Technologies Yes 399 Yes Accelerator 386 Sota386i Sota Yes Yes Most P Data Acquisition Digital I/O - A/D IBM Yes Yes Digitizer Tablet MM-1218 Summagraphics Yes Yes EMS Exp. Memory Maxi-Magic Yes Yes Ethernet None 5010 Micom Yes Yes Ethernet None 5210 Micom Yes - Conflicts With Exp. Memory Yes - Conflicts With Exp. Memory Expansion Chassis Memory Machine Peachtree Technology Yes Yes - Mfg. Out Of Business Fax Complete Fax 4800 The Complete PC Yes Yes $200 Yes Graphics Card VGA-Wonder W/512K And ATI Yes Yes ~310 Yes Elek-T Graphics Card VGA Plus Paradise Yes Yes Graphics EGA EGA Wonder ATI Tech Yes Yes Yes Most P Graphics VGA VGA Plus Paradise Yes Yes Yes Graphics VGA VGA Wondercard No No No Graphics VGA Video-7 VEGA ? Yes ? ? Graphics VGA Paradise Compatible Ultra Hires Yes But No Color Partial Hard Card Kardisk KDK 30 BSM Yes Yes $299 Yes SoftWa Hard Drive 8225 RLL Miniscribe Yes Yes Yes Any HD Hard Drive Controller Above Board 1002-27ax RLL Western Digital Yes Partial $300 With Drive Yes Most P Hard Drive/controller ST-157R Pair Seagate Yes Yes 699 Yes HD Controller MFM Western Digital Yes 100 Yes Local HD Controller WDX1 Western Digital Yes Yes 60 Yes Most P Host Adapter Wordsync Supra Corp Yes Yes Yes Memory Above Board EMS 3.2 Intel No Partial Limited J & R Memory Intel Above Board Intel No No Memory OverAchiever Above Board Intel No No Memory Rampage 2 AST Yes Yes Memory Thesys EMS 3.2 Thesys (Out Of Bus. Yes Yes Yes J & R Memory Board Above Board + I/O Intel Yes Yes $450 Yes Elek-T Modem Internal 2400zi Supra Corp Yes Yes Yes Modem Card Evercom 24 Everex Yes Yes Multi Function Persyst SB-III FastRAM IV Emulex Yes - I/O + EMS Memory Yes $100 Yes - Out Of Production Surplu Multifunction AST Sixpack+ AST Yes 150 Yes Scanner Scanjet None Hewlett Packard Yes Yes Serial Card Genoa Yes Yes - Mouse Problem W/Norton Commander Serial Port Rampage 2 Daughterboard AST Yes Yes Yes Sound AdLib Card AdLib ? Yes 160 Yes Sound SoundBlaster Creative Music Systems ? Yes 240 Yes Sound Card LAPC-1 Roland Yes Yes Twin Screen Graphic Co H-16 Verticom Yes Yes VGA Card VGA600 512k SuperVGA Card Cardinal ? (Sorry about the formatting. Please capture to a file and view with a scrolling type file reader. This is the way I got it and appears to be the most efficient way to catalog this much info. on each item) Please, anyone care to comment/add to the list??? -Beej