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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Problems with XT Bridgeboard on a 2000
Message-ID: <1013@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 91 09:18:31 GMT
References: <11485@cpoint.clearpoint.com>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <11485@cpoint.clearpoint.com> tonym@cpoint (Tony Matt) writes:
>I recently inherited a 2000 from company surplus and am trying to get an XT
>Bridgeboard to work in it.
>  The dialog
>box "Can't find Library" comes up for each attempt.
>
>1.  Is it true that the Bridgeboard should boot off of a standard version of
>MS-DOS, or is there a specific flavor for the Bridgeboard?

Can't tell really, because  I always used the original disks. But besides
the keymaps there should be no special files?

>2.  Are the Janus files on the PC side needed to boot the Bridgeboard from the
>PC floppy?  They appeared to pertain only to the mouse, hard drive, and file
>transfer.  If so, do they need to be in the root or in a subdirectory?

They are not needed for boot. Your observations are correct. Those files
may stay in their JANUS subdirectory. Though, if you invoke any driver
(like JDISK.SYS) in your CONFIG.SYS, then that file must naturally be
available at boot time.

>3.  The READ ME on the PCInstall suggested that a Library problem could
>actually be a hardware failure.  I would like to rule out software
>configuration problems before I go through the hassle of sending out the card.
>The board is at least accessing the floppy drive, but it sounds as though the 
>disk is being spun with few reads being done, as though it's looking for a 
>missing file.

One hardware problem you can always run into with any bridgeboard are
contact problems, especially with all those socketed ICs. It's a good
idea to take the whole board out, look at every chip closely and take
it out and reseat it, if it doesn't sit straight in its socket. Finally
you should press every IC firmly into its socket. Then properly reseat
the board. (Repeat procedure two or three times when not successfull,
only after that look for bigger trouble.)

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