Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!paperboy!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!unix1.tcd.ie!kpjeacle From: kpjeacle@unix1.tcd.ie (Karl Jeacle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations Subject: Re: Problems with XT Bridgeboard on a 2000 Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 13:21:17 GMT References: <11485@cpoint.clearpoint.com> Sender: news@cs.tcd.ie Organization: Trinity College, Dublin Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: unix1 In <11485@cpoint.clearpoint.com> tonym@cpoint (Tony Matt) writes: >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. This also happens when I >try to operate the board from the PCInstall disk. In the 5 1/4 drive I used a This started happening to me last week, after I gave the bridgeboard a bit of a knock when trying to get the 2000 case back on... The bridgeboard should _always_ work with the PCInstall disk. Unfortunately, I reckon it's a hardware problem - if it's something simple, be sure to let us know - I want to get mine running again! >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 Yep, any normal ms-dos boot disk will do the job - you don't need any special bridgeboard stuff to get it up and running. >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? AMouse/AWrite/ARead etc are all just extra utils which you can use to make life easier with the bridgeboard. They can be anywhere in your path, they don't need their own subdir, and you don't need them to boot. >Tony Matt tonym@clearpoint.com -- --//------------------------------------------------------------------------- \X/ Fido: Karl.Jeacle @ 2:253/151 kpjeacle@vax1.tcd.ie