dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) (10/19/88)
Okay, if CBM sells so many bridgeboards ( 1 for every 2 A2000's,
somebody said), can I hear from some of you users as to how well they
run? Specifically, I have to do some development of some projects that
will eventually run on a Clone, and I would really rather not have
another computer siting on my desk. Can you run pretty much all the
IBM/MicroSoft/etc. tools, and can you plug in 3rd party cards to the IBM
IBM slots (I need to use a telephone voice interface card) and have
everything play together okay? If I use PCDOS 3.2 or later, can I
access the 3.5" drive in MSDOS mode?
I ask because I've worked on other 68000 machines with IBM emulation,
and they were close but... Everything I ran had little idiosyncracies that
weren't quite right. If I'm going to plunk down $600+ for the card, and
then add another $500-$700 for a hard disk drive, I want to make sure
it's going to work for what I need.
Any replies by E-Mail would be appreciated. If there's interest,
I'll summarize to the net.
Dave Hanna
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UUCP: ...!killer!gtmvax!dave |elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) (10/19/88)
in article <151@dms3b1.UUCP>, dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) says: > another computer siting on my desk. Can you run pretty much all the > IBM/MicroSoft/etc. tools, and can you plug in 3rd party cards to the IBM A related question: Can it run Microsoft Windows? I suspect not, because Windows requires a graphics card... does the Bridgeboard emulate a monographics card, CGA, or anything like that? -- Eric Lee Green ..!{ames,decwrl,mit-eddie,osu-cis}!killer!elg Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191 Lafayette, LA 70509 It's understandable that Mike Dukakis thinks he can walk on water. He's used to walking on Boston harbor.
joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara) (10/28/88)
In article <5850@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) writes: >in article <151@dms3b1.UUCP>, dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) says: >> another computer siting on my desk. Can you run pretty much all the >> IBM/MicroSoft/etc. tools, and can you plug in 3rd party cards to the IBM > >A related question: Can it run Microsoft Windows? I suspect not, >because Windows requires a graphics card... does the Bridgeboard >emulate a monographics card, CGA, or anything like that? The Bridgeboard software allows the user to emulate either a mono or CGA screen in an Amiga window. Additionally, you can plug in a graphics card on the PC side and drive a PC-compatible monitor directly. Yes, Bridgeboard can run Microsoft Windows. -- ======================================================================== Joe O'Hara || Comments represent my own opinions, Commodore Electronics Ltd || not my employers. Any similarity to Software QA || to any other opinions, living or dead, || is purely coincidental. ========================================================================
dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) (11/02/88)
In article <3430@leo.UUCP> harald@leo.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes: [Description of wonders of the bridge card deleted ] > Makes me wonder what the AT bridgecard will do. What I wonder is WHEN the AT bridgecard will do it? Commodore? Any hints? -- Dave Hanna, Daltech MicroSystems | "Do or do not -- There is no try" P.O. Box 584, Bedford, TX 76095 | - Yoda (214) 358-4534 (817) 540-1524 | UUCP: ...!killer!gtmvax!dave |