Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Bridgeboard problems
Message-ID: <8200.AA8200@heimat>
Date: 9 May 89 00:40:44 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga
Organization: Sneakers Computing
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In Message <17958@cup.portal.com>, DMasterson@cup.portal.com (David Scott Masterson) writes:

>In a previous message, sneakers@heimat.UUCP writes:
>>
>>  The BridgeBoard (XT/AT) requires its own serial port. (Simple eh?)
>>  I use a half/card with 2 RS-232 and 1 Printer port. Since im running
>>  Xenix on the BridgeBoard using CBM's LPT1 program was no help to me.
>>  Besides for around $50 I got the card w/1 of each port and another $15
>>  got me the 2nd serial port. This is the best solution there is in terms
>>  of cost and compatibality. Now I can "CU" when needed or run "LapLink"
>>  (under MS-DOS) if transfer <-> my laptop is needed ;-)
>>
>Hmmm, how do you get a non MS/DOS system running on the Bridge?  I thought
>the Janus software would require an MS/DOS implementation in order to know
>how to communicate DOS<->AMIGADOS.  If not, can you transfer files from
>Xenix to Amiga and back (a la AREAD/AWRITE)?  Are you using Janus 2.0?

  Xenix is installed and run just like it would be on any MS-DOS system. No
  tricks or fancy magic needed. All I do is set the active drive (IE: the
  drive to boot from) with "FDISK" when I need to switch. (Yes I use 2 20meg
  HD's on the AT bridge - 1 for MS-DOS - 1 for Xenix)

  As for the JANUS software, yes I use 2.0 - I was a beta tester for it. But
  it doesn't run under Xenix, only MS-DOS.  Xenix however can read MS-DOS
  floppies and hard drives. So just aread it to a floppy (or HD) and then read
  it into Xenix. Quick and clean - no depost, no return....  I sometimes decide
  to visit the wife and daughter (IE: sit in the living room rather than hide
  out with heimat) and thats when I use my MS-DOS laptop. Having LapLink helps
  in the MS-DOS (Xenix) xfers (since the laptop is 3.5 and the bridge 5.25).
  Dos-2-Dos helps in the Amiga xfers. I think ive come to some very useable
  and cost effective methods of transfering files not to mention running Unix
  and AmigaDOS at the same time ;-)

  Sneakers

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