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From: baryeka@hpccc.HP.COM (Jarek Baryeka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard
Message-ID: <5410002@hpccc.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Jan 89 13:22:26 GMT
References: <0220.AA0220@ohman>
Organization: HP Corporate Computing Center
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/ hpccc:comp.sys.amiga / daveo@ohman.UUCP (Dave Oh) /  6:18 am  Jan 23, 1989 /
>Does anyone out there know the wherabouts of the AT Bridgeboard... Is it 
>coming?  If so, will it come soon?
> 
>Also, I have another question.  Is it possible to use FFS a Bridgeboard 
>harddisk partition (ie: a HD on the IBM side)?  I've been told that it can
> be done, is this true?
> 
>Thanx.
>
>--
>  //   Dave Oh                           PLINK: Dave*Oh
>\X/    Kitchener, Ontario                 UUCP: !egvideo!ohman!daveo
>----------

I have managed to buy an AT bridgeboard in Switzerland (it is rather expensive
there, SFr 2600 = about $1680).

FSS works well and there are many improvements in Janus software but:
1) The documentation is incomplete (I have learned where to find the speaker
   and external controler connectors from a German magazine)
2) The system hangs from time to time witout apparent reasons.
3) When I boot with PCDisk running on the amiga side the PC screen is
   continually trashed with error messages
4) Some software which must be booted from a floppy (and does it well on every
   PC I know) does not work with the bridgeboard (a boot error message is 
   displayed)

Well, my enthusiasm dimnished somehow now.

Jarek.