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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: BridgeBoard
Keywords: compatability, kermit, bridgeboard, jh0, janus
Message-ID: <65366@sun.uucp>
Date: 23 Aug 88 19:46:25 GMT
References: <2167@ssc-vax.UUCP> <64636@sun.uucp> <782@viscous> <65003@sun.uucp> <789@viscous> <130@antares.UUCP>
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In article <130@antares.UUCP> pnelson@antares.UUCP (phil nelson) writes:
->   I tried the latest release of Kermit for M*-DOS on my BridgeBoard(tm),
-> no dice, it didn't like the com port. (something about the com3
-> interrupt?).  Also, I still can't use my jh0: concurrently with any
-> BridgeBoard(tm) - side program that uses either the com1 port or the
-> floppy. When any Amiga-DOS(tm) program accesses the jh0:, I either lose
-> chars on com1, or lose the floppy transfer (you know - Abort, Retry,
-> Ignore, Get a real OS? :-). Was this problem ever identified as a bug?
-> I finally gave up trying to get an answer (I didn't know how to run
-> usenet at the time, the phone calls and time were excessive).

The bridge board uses the COM1: interrupt to communicate between the
Amiga side and the MS-DOS side. This makes the following statement something
of an absolute : "COM1 is reserved on the bridgeboard, you cannot use it
for anything." I know, it isn't pretty but hey, XT`s just don't have very
many interrupts that one can use. 

--Chuck McManis
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