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From: jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley)
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Subject: A2286 BridgeBoard woes..
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Date: 12 Jun 91 22:21:14 GMT
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    Well, let's get right to it shall we.. I've got an Amiga 2500 about a
year old with a 286 bridgeboard installed which I don't use all that often
and lately I've noticed that sometimes it doesn't even boot on startup 
(At the binddrivers command.. nice little Janus setup failure window, etc..)

    Anyway, I paid it no mind since I don't use it every day.  But now 
(of course) that I want to use it, it won't boot at all..  Or if it does 
boot, it only lasts for about 5 minutes.. that is, I am happily typing away
or running some program then everything just freezes.  No more keyboard 
input accepted, Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing, even PCHard has no effect or it 
just goes through the same stuff as when I cold booted.  Also, I notice that
occasionally when I'm not even thinking about the bridgeboard, it reboots
(or maybe boots for the first time) while I'm doing something on the Amiga 
side..  Pretty bizarre??  That's what I say.. 

    So what do I want??  That's a good question.  Since it works occasionally
I can't assume that it's completely broken.  And it's only recently that it
has been acting like this.  Could it be the hot weather??  Maybe the recent
moving of my computer (though I just today opened it up and reseated the 
board with no apparent effect)??  I'm perplexed..  Is it something I added 
in my startup sequence?? If so, would it have to be something before the 
binddrivers command??  Is it just time to get rid of it once and for all??
I ask and plead for some suggestions or solutions..  If none come then 
does anyone have a use for some slightly used silicon??  Be Seeing You..


-- 
      James Sibley                                Nous Sommes Du Soleil
      Seeking the truth about lemon curry.          We Are Of The Sun
      jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu               We Can See
      Amiga: an extrapolation of the human mind.         -YES-