spirantho> As for how rare true 486/586 bridgeboards are - they don't exist.
Xanxi> I also own all the Commodore bridgeboards, and will be using the 386sx whenever i revamp my A2000. I would be very interested in seeing some benchmarks from your different setups.
Crom00> Also if you can find it the old CROSSINGS bridgeboard newsletter was pretty god, ... To each his own, I used to have this fascination and I eventually outgrew it.
What a great discussion! No, I haven't outgrown the fascination - almost anything, no, anything you really NEED to do with a computer (except bloated network apps) can be done on the Amiga or with FreeDos; no, you really don't need an iPhone, but you may want one. I believe I have a complete Crossings collection stored away, I never thought about that as a possibility for digitization before. 486/586 "Bridgeboards' (tm@CBM)? Nope, ask Scott Drysdale (
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rscottdrysdale).
A couple of 'clip ons' for the 386SX exist, though. And yes, I also own multiple copies of all the Commodore bridgeboards and have used them. The ones previous to the 386SX and the latest/last Janus were difficult to set up. I should probably test out all my 386 'clip on' upgrades and sell a spare 386 BB, but not yet
I even have a, yes, i286 to i486 upgrade to try on a 'Bridgeboard 2000'! (I think 'Bridgeboard 2000' is silkscreened on the circuit board of i286 BB's)
Sure, I could buy a few Steve Jobs iWhatevers and ditch all my other electronix, so please no 'pick up an old IBM clone along the side of the road and use it' comments - I already do that. And I have probably some of the fastest SingleBoardComputers with an ISA bus - dual Pentium IV. Big deal. I like running FreeDOS stuff on Amiga hardware; some people like riding old noisy Harleys - you *NEVER* see someone pulling up beside them at a light and telling them, if they want to ride, they should junk it and get a new Suzuki (at least not in the U.S.; anywhere else, and I'd like to watch
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There seems to be new hardware coming out, I am all for somebody making a new generation of bridgeboards!
