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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: HELP!
Message-ID: <1233@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 21 May 91 06:02:14 GMT
References: <1991May18.210345.4918@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
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In article <1991May18.210345.4918@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> mx8@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>
>   I'm considering acquiring a 3000/16 (it seems to be a logical upgrade for
>me), but I'm also going to need to use an Ethernet that will work in either a
>Mac or IBM emulation mode.  The easiest way to go SEEMED to be with the XT
>bridgeboard, which only takes up one slot (leaving one IBM slot open for the
>ethernet board).  But I am not fully "up" on the limitations of bridgeboard. 
>For this I have some questions:
>
>                   -Amiga drives do not work as 720K drives in IBM mode, right?
>So could I use an internal 3.5" IBM drive and chuck it into the other internal
>drive slot?  (Will the 3.5" drive work with an XT Bridgeboard?)

Yes, but only with 720 KB.

>                   -Would it be possible to use an Amiga ethernet in AMAX and
>just use Mac software to drive the ethernet board?

No idea.

>                   -Are there any other emulators available (other than 
>bridgeboards) that allow use of the IBM slots in IBM emulation?

Not that I know. But there are said to exist solutions to make a PC-side
card available to the Amiga bus under AmigaDOS.

>                   -Would the file converter that comes with bridgeboards 
>allow one to convert files between partitions? (Amiga <-> MS-DOS)

Yes, that's what it's designed for.

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