286 bridgeboard

[Argus]

@EdKing

If you're planning on using the Etherbridge program, beware it is buggy on a Cyberstorm060 system using Miamiv3.2 to go on-line via the ISA ethernet card.  It works all right, about as fast or maybe a little faster than a fast serial 56K connection, but usually crashes quite spectacularly.  Then again, this was in an A4000 with 060.  Maybe it's more stable on a different setup.  Good luck.

[Argus]

I've been meaning to try Etherbridge again in my A2000 with a GVP030 card, maybe it'll work better.  Too bad that you can't use an ISA video card through the bridgeboard to RTG the OS graphics display. Or I wonder if it is not possible to maybe build a simple ZII/ISA bridge to mount a cheap PC ISA graphics card like what was done with the X-Surf card from Individual Computers.

[Argus]

I'd bet Jens Schoenfeld could do it.  He already made a viable Z2/ISA bridge with the X-Surf.  Maybe we should start an email campaign to him.  I bet if there were enough interested buyers, he might give it a go.  Since very old Spectrum and Picasso rtg cards seem to be going on eBay for $100 or more I think there's obviously still a market.