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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: AT BridgeCard Troubles
Keywords: AT BridgeCard A2500/30AT
Message-ID: <1180@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 91 09:23:46 GMT
References: <399@sgfb.ssd.ray.com>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <399@sgfb.ssd.ray.com> prg@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (Paul R. Gosselin) writes:
>
>   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.

When changing from color to mono mode, you have to do two things:
In the PC window, give the command MODE MONO
On the Amiga side, open the "PC Mono" window.
If you forget either of these, the PC cursor just disappears, making
it look like the machine hangs.

> (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.

Please check for another possibility: When programs are labeled
"mono", this sometimes means monochrome text, which the bridgeboard
supports, but sometimes this same label means Hercules graphics,
which the bridgeboard doesn't support at all. Look at the software,
perhaps you can install it or do a setup-like thing to it to make
it run in either text or CGA mode.

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Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
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