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From: prg@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Paul R. Gosselin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: AT BridgeCard Troubles
Keywords: AT BridgeCard A2500/30AT
Message-ID: <399@sgfb.ssd.ray.com>
Date: 25 Apr 91 18:41:49 GMT
Sender: news@rayssd.ssd.ray.com
Organization: Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI
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Hello,
   A friend at work here without net access has a problem with his
AT bridgecard and A2500/30 combination. The package was purchased
just over a year ago under the educational discount, but he
never needed to do much with the bridgecard til now. 
   The bridge card is able to perform well with the normal DOS
shell stuff on the PC side, but when using certain software the
connection between the bridge card and the Amiga side seems to
"hang-up" and/or die.
   Now for the specifics: He has tried the machine in both 68000 and
68030 mode, with the same results.  The dealer, when he installed it,
set some jumper on the bridge card for "Color" mode. The documentation
says he should be able to change to Mono, but again, the connection
hangs up when he tries to "software-change" to Mono from color. (He
tried this to see if the software might want only Mono display).
   The two pieces of software are Lotus 123 and a VI editor he has. The
author of this particular VI editor isn't doing anything exotic that
any normal PC couldn't handle. Both VI and Lotus hang at startup. The
visual appearance is that the cursor is placed at the top left corner
of the screen, with no further activity.
   Note: Using the "-o" option on (I think) an older VI would work,
EXCEPT when VI tried to use the 25th line for status information. This
too would hang up the connection. He is using system software that
would have been shipped with the package about one year ago.
   Any help with the situation would be greatly appreciated as he
is on travel during the week and would like to be able to bring his
work at home during the weekends and use the PC side as he uses
a PC on travel.
   Thanks, I understand the problem description is a little vague,
but we have only been able to converse over the telephone since he's
on travel and his Amiga isn't.  (Note the 2500 has 5 Megs of memory).
  
    Paul Gosselin
    prg@rayssdb.ssd.ray.com
    Raytheon Company
    1847 West Main Rd.
    Portsmouth, RI 02871
    (401)-847-8000 x 4398