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WinUAE and bridgeboards Posted on 25-Nov-2015 18:13:56
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| I downloaded version 3.2 of WinUAE and eagerly attempted to try the bridgeboard emulation. I have a A2286 bridgeboard. As far as I can tell it doesn't seem to be "detecting" the bridgeboard. I'm getting hardware not found messages and library not found. I'm wondering if there is any trick to detecting any "hardware", accelerator, hard drive interface etc. _________________ X5000 / microA1(OS4.1 FE U2) / CodeBench / Imagine / Blender Lightwave 2019 / Microsoft Visual C++ |
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Re: WinUAE and bridgeboards Posted on 25-Nov-2015 19:35:41
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Try read some threads on EAB. Be sure you selected correct settings and ROM files, WinUAE can sometimes forget these. I don´t use bridgeboards, so my help is limited there. |
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Re: WinUAE and bridgeboards Posted on 1-Dec-2015 15:24:49
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Can you please tell me what is the bridge board? What are its specifications and its applications? What type of firmware requires for it? What software is required for its firmware and what interface it uses for the PC and the other boards?
http://www.7pcb.com Last edited by HelsaBryan on 12-Aug-2021 at 09:45 PM. Last edited by HelsaBryan on 07-Dec-2015 at 11:04 PM.
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Re: WinUAE and bridgeboards Posted on 1-Dec-2015 15:26:10
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Re: WinUAE and bridgeboards Posted on 1-Dec-2015 15:40:22
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Re: WinUAE and bridgeboards Posted on 2-Dec-2015 3:53:13
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After I posted this I decided to get out my Amiga 2000HD and try to get the bridgeboard working. The IDE card wasn't working and I'll need it for the bridgeboard. I was getting a lot of lockups. So I decided to strip it down to the bare motherboard. I have a GVP 68030 accelerator, a de-interlacer card, a DataFlyer IDE card, a ROM switcher. I took it all out. I also very carefully removed the socketed chips (not the Agnes, since it wouldn't pop out without a chip puller) and reseated them. It's working great. I don't know what was causing the lockups yet. I think the Amiga 2000 is one of the best-built computers ever made. It's built like a tank. It weighs as much as a tank, too. It's survived years of various hardware configurations and almost 30 years later it's still running. The A2000HD came with a SCSI interface and SCSI drive. It didn't last long. One of them quit working. I'm not sure which. I may still have the interface card. I should dig it out. My bridgeboard is an A2286 card. This has an Intel 286 CPU. If you want to run Windows (version 3) you need a A2386. This has an Intel 386. The advantage of this is that it has memory management, which Windows needs. I would like to get one some day. A better web site for Amiga information is www.bigbookofamigahardware.com
Incidentally, there is a pretty steady market for classic Amiga computers. On ebay you can always find lots of stuff. I've got a few Amiga 500's working and then sold them on ebay. I have a couple in my collection that I don't intend to sell at this time.
Last edited by thinkchip on 02-Dec-2015 at 04:08 AM. Last edited by thinkchip on 02-Dec-2015 at 03:59 AM. Last edited by thinkchip on 02-Dec-2015 at 03:57 AM. Last edited by thinkchip on 02-Dec-2015 at 03:54 AM.
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Re: WinUAE and bridgeboards Posted on 7-Jan-2016 22:11:54
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I wonder if any computer geek has run into this. As I said, I'm cleaning and troubleshooting my A2000. One card I have is a GVP A2000 030. It is an A2000 68030 accelerator combined with a memory card. It's extremely old of course and I've had it a very long time. It's actually two full-sized, huge boards connected together. Today I noticed something that looked like chocolate on the bottom of it. I often eat while working and I thought I got careless and dropped some chocolate into it. On closer inspection I saw that it had run onto the motherboard. I separated the boards and found a patch about one inch square with adhesive on one side attached between the two boards. I have no idea what function it served. It was obviously placed there when the thing was assembled. Deterioration due to time or heat had caused it to melt and run down between the boards and onto the motherboard. It was thick and sticky and most likely non-conductive. I found that isopropyl alcohol softened it and I finally got most of it off. I don't even know how long it's been like that. Like I said, has anyone seen anything like this? _________________ X5000 / microA1(OS4.1 FE U2) / CodeBench / Imagine / Blender Lightwave 2019 / Microsoft Visual C++ |
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