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From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sidecar questions.
Message-ID: <5044.AA5044@heimat>
Date: 17 Dec 88 14:31:12 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga
Organization: Sneakers Computing
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In Message <863@hslrswi.UUCP>, francis@hslrswi.UUCP ( Francis Demierre) writes:

>Hi everybody out there !

 Hello to everyone in there!

>  I own an A1000 + Sidecar and have a Tandon 21 Meg Hard-card on the sidcar
>  side.  The Hard-card was divided in two partions: a 10 Meg for the Amiga
>  (made with ADISK) and another 10 Meg for the Sidecar (Made with FDISK).
>  (I used ADISK and FDISK provided on the DOS 2.11 disk received with the
>   sidecar).
>
   Dos 2.11 !?!?  Wow you must have bought the very first one ever made :-)

>  Now, a couple of questions:
>
>  1. In the WorkBench for Amiga 1060, there is an utility to allocate the
>     parallel port to the sidecar (which is a very good idea).
>     Does anybody know if there is an equivalent for the serial port ?
>     (I do not want to buy a COM: card to use my modem from the sidecar !)
>
   Currently there is no way to do this. Your best bet is to spend the <$50
   and just pop in a serial card.

>  2. I still use the WorkBench 1.2 (33.47) + the sidecar software that is
>     labelled 'Test version'.
>
   [description of problem deleted]

   Your best bet is to throw your software out and pop on down to your local
   dealer for a copy of the BridgeBoard software. Either study the manual or
   buy a copy from CBM and install the new stuff. You will gain the ability
   to read/write files between OS's (Aread & Awrite) plus alot more.

   Warning:

   Im not sure if its legal for your dealer to give you a copy of the software.
   So maybe an official CBM type (John Campbell ?!?) could tell us the official
   CBM method of obtaining this software.

>  3. Do you know where I can find a description/specification of the dual
>     port RAM interface used to communicated with the Sidecar ?
>
   Was there some discussion of this at the 88 Developers Conference (and in
   the notes)?  Thats the only place I know any info. might be.....

>  4. Lock-up !
>     Sometime, when I try to access the AMIGA JH0: drive ('dir', 'copy', 'type',
>     or anything that accesses the JH0: disk), everything is locked up, mouse
>     pointer Zzz...Zzz.., system freezed.
>     Only way to get out, reboot !
>
   See #2 above.


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