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From: brianr@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian E Rhodefer)
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Subject: Re: Problems with XT Bridgeboard on a 2000
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Date: 27 Mar 91 21:02:40 GMT
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In article <11485@cpoint.clearpoint.com> tonym@cpoint (Tony Matt) writes:

 .... (abridged)

>Bridgeboard to work in it.  I have obtained and installed the 3.6.1 BIOS and
>the 2.0 PCInstall.  Workbench is at Version 1.3.  There are two 3 1/2 drives
>on the Amiga side and one 5 1/4 on the PC side.  After modifying the Workbench
>disk to pick up all of the default PCInstall files, I reboot the machine and
>attempt to run the Bboard from the PCMono icon (J1 set to mono).  The dialog
>box "Can't find Library" comes up for each attempt. 

*Wonderful* , informative diagnostic, innit?

It should say:
  "ACHTUNG!  YOUR SHITTY COMMODORE IC SOCKETS ARE CORRODED AGAIN!"

>Some specific questions:
>
>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? (I know that the PC

Yes, it should boot from a standard MS-DOS disk.

>
>2.  Are the Janus files on the PC side needed to boot the Bridgeboard from the
>PC floppy?

No.

>They appeared to pertain only to the mouse, hard drive, and file
>transfer.

Correct.

>  If so, do they need to be in the root or in a subdirectory?

No, just somewhere that you (or your autoexec.bat) can invoke 'em from.

>3.  The READ ME on the PCInstall suggested that a Library problem could
>actually be a hardware failure.

Could be-ee.  Is the atomic weight of carbon 12.011?


>I would like to rule out software
>configuration problems before I go through the hassle of sending out the card.

I need to use my Bridgeboard infrequently enough that I opt for opening up
the case, yanking out the Bridgeboard, prising up all the socketed ICs on
it (I still haven't figured out which one is the problem, and maybe it's
ALL of them), and re-seating them.  It helps if you continuously chant
imprecations to the cosmic powers, imploring them to visit horrible plagues
on whoever specified the Bridgeboard's sockets.  On my last episode,
I didn't have to pull the Bridge out at all; I just bent it back & forth
in the card cage to about a 1/4" displacement in the center, and presto!
two more weeks of operation!

Note: so far as I can tell, Commodore wasn't ABLE to find bad sockets
for the VLSI packages, so you don't need to re-seat them.


Brian Rhodefer