uphwk@TERRA.OSCS.MONTANA.EDU (Bill Kinnersley) (07/30/90)
The A3000 I ordered on the Educational Discount program arrived today, but without the 2286 AT Bridgeboard I had ordered to go with it. The dealer says that Commodore declined to ship the Bridgeboard and will issue me a refund check, "because it has been found that the current Bridgeboard does not function correctly with the A3000, and is causing the machine to crash." Finding this hard to believe (no one else has reported such a problem here, have they?) I called Commodore myself, and received the same answer from them directly. Well I wanted a 3000, but the MSDOS compatibility is absolutely necessary. Does anyone know what the problem is with the Bridgeboard, and whether it is going to be fixed quickly? -- --Bill Kinnersley Physics Department Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 INTERNET: uphwk@terra.oscs.montana.edu BITNET: UPHWK@MTSUNIX1 226 Transfer complete.
rwm@atronx.UUCP (Russell McOrmond) (08/02/90)
It was written by uphwk@TERRA.OSCS.MONTANA.EDU (Bill Kinnersley) on 29 Jul 90 18:52:07 GMT that... >Does anyone know what the problem is with the Bridgeboard, and whether >it is going to be fixed quickly? I heard about these problems, but don't understand them - We were shipped our Demo unit (I work for a Local Dealership) WITH a bridgeboard in it - Also, quite a few of the machines have a sticker on the drives that say 'Bridgeboard Tested' - I don't know what the problem is, but it does not apply to all A3000 machines, and I personally have not seen a machine with a problem (Granted, not too many people we sell to WANT MS-DOS compatability ;-) :Later -- Opinions expressed in this message are my Own. My Employer does not even know what these networks ARE. Russell McOrmond rwm@atronx.UUCP {fts1,alzabo}!atronx!rwm FidoNet 1:163/109 Net Support: (613) 230-2282 Amiga-Fidonet Support 1:1/109