Help me to setup my A2386sx

[Matt_H]

Are you ising a VGA Monitor to View the ISA VGA output? The Video Emulation on the Amiga side is only CGA. It's likely that the PS2 connector is a dual connector which does both mouse and Keyboard but would require a PS2 Y splitter to use both devices.

Don't plug PS/2 stuff in there! It's a custom port designed for a special monitor switcher. The PC Color program is obsoleted by a stand-alone video card, so that port was intended for a software-controlled switch to flip between Amiga and PC video.

[Matt_H]

A manual is critical for setting up a bridgeboard. Can't find a digitized one after a quick look, unfortunately. Hopefully one will turn up.

About that floppy cable, though, I seem to recall that it's just 2 floppy cables taped together and one set of connectors goes from motherboard to bridgeboard and the other set goes from bridgeboard to drive. But definitely get confirmation on this before you try it! There are jumper settings involved, too.

[Matt_H]

Yeah, that's the cable I was thinking of, but I can't remember if I still have a real one somewhere to refer to...

[Matt_H]

And a german folk from ebay has been kind enough to send me a pdf copy of the A2386 manual. Glory to him!!

Be sure to download and keep a copy from there: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=07WCQ4RI

Great! Glad one turned up!

[Matt_H]

Now i'm curious about the mini DIN port of the BB which is supposed to be for the non released video switch from Commodore.
Would there be any third-party device ou self-made switch compatible with this port?

There were a few commercial/semi-professional ones long ago. Fortunately, plans for a hobbyist version made their way to Aminet: http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/BBSwitch1.0

Hope it works!