plw@rayssdb.ray.com (Paul L. White) (04/28/89)
I'd like to get some help from the net regarding these two bridgeboard problems that I've recently encountered. .sp Problem #1 -- When attempting to access amiga virtual drives via the JLINK command, the bridgeboard locks up...it won't even reboot unless an amiga warm-boot is performed. The JLINK command has worked perfectly until Thursday morning. I've tried recopying the bridgeboard software, but the problem remains. I haven't yet reseated the bridgeboard, thinking that the problem is somehow operator-error. .sp Problem #2 -- Is there a way to use terminal programs via the bridgeboard? I tried setting up the pc preferences to Serial and then using the qmodem terminal program, but the Avatex 1200hc remained silent and would not dial out. .sp Perhaps these problems are linked...I couldn't dial out, because the amiga/pc interface is hosed. What do you think? Paul White Excreta Ergo Sum Technically Writing Everyday Like the Big Kids
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (04/28/89)
In article <2393@rayssdb.ray.com> plw@rayssdb.ray.com (Paul L. White) writes: >Problem #2 -- Is there a way to use terminal programs via the bridgeboard? >I tried setting up the pc preferences to Serial and then using the qmodem >terminal program, but the Avatex 1200hc remained silent and would not dial >out. You need a PC serial card. The Bridgeboard CANNOT accesss the built-in Amiga serial port. PC serial cards go for < $50. >Perhaps these problems are linked...I couldn't dial out, because the amiga/pc >interface is hosed. What do you think? See above. -- Marco Papa 'Doc' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (04/28/89)
[ This will most likley get answered more than once. But here goes anyway ] In Message <2393@rayssdb.ray.com>, plw@rayssdb.ray.com (Paul L. White) writes: >I'd like to get some help from the net regarding these two bridgeboard >problems that I've recently encountered. Only #1 is a problem. (See below) >Problem #2 -- Is there a way to use terminal programs via the bridgeboard? >I tried setting up the pc preferences to Serial and then using the qmodem >terminal program, but the Avatex 1200hc remained silent and would not dial >out. 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 ;-) >Perhaps these problems are linked...I couldn't dial out, because the amiga/pc >interface is hosed. What do you think? Nahh, I tried linking them but I keep getting the message, Unresolved external error :-) Sneakers -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// 80+ Megs of software & messages 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// 12/2400 Baud - 24 Hrs West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers
DMasterson@cup.portal.com (David Scott Masterson) (05/05/89)
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? David Masterson DMasterson@cup.portal.com
sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (05/09/89)
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 -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// 80+ Megs of software & messages 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// 12/2400 Baud - 24 Hrs West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers