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Re: The A4000 that came back :-)
« Reply #14 from previous page: February 18, 2008, 10:09:45 PM »
Well I put the 2GB Maxtor hard drive and CyberVision64/3D into another A4000 and it booted straight into this Workbench screen :-)



I tested the CyberVision64/3D up to screenmode CV64/3D 16Bit 1152 x 900 :-)
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Re: The A4000 that came back :-)
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2008, 12:01:37 AM »
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marcfrick2112 wrote:
Hey A4000_Mad:

As for the WarpEngine software, check here

Second, you don't really need it to use the SCSI interface,
AFAIK... my Zip drive was recognized straight away.



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Hi marc

Thanks for the link :-) I've downloaded 'WarpEngine.dms' and 'WarpEngine.pdf' to have a look at. So your Zip showed up as a normal 'scsi.device' 8-)
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Re: The A4000 that came back :-)
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2008, 12:12:55 AM »
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Lemmink wrote:
That bridge board must be quite rare. I have never seen this one and neither BBoAH nor AHD have it listed.


Does it say somwhere on the PCB who made it ?
A closeup of the board would be interesting too.


Hi lemmink

It's a Commodore A2386SX. I just searched and found it at BBOAH:-




""Emulates:  PC
Processor:  Intel 386sx@16Mhz, Intel 386sx@20Mhz or Intel 386sx@25Mhz, optional 387 FPU (PLCC)
RAM:  1MB (Expandable to 8MB with ZIPs, 16MB with a ZIP to SIMM converter)
Graphics Emulation:  MDA
CGA
(can use real ISA graphics cards)
Sound Emulation:  Real PC speaker
(can use real ISA sound cards)

A full length Zorro II card which emulates a PC at the full speed of a 386. It was available with three different speeds of 386, from 16Mhz to 25Mhz. The card plugs into both a Zorro II slot and an ISA slot and was capable of using real ISA cards. This bridgeboard could use your existing Amiga's floppy drives or dedicated floppy drives. Although the bridgeboard does not allow you to use ISA cards from the Amiga side, there is a special driver available from Aminet that does let you use NE2000 network cards from the Amiga.""


The one I've got doesn't have a battery fitted at the moment as in the pic from BBOAH (thank goodness :-)), but it does have a chip 'Cyrix FastMath CX83S87 -25 -JP' fitted in the empty socket above and to the left of the blue battery.
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Re: The A4000 that came back :-)
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2008, 12:03:59 PM »
I will thank you amigakid  :pint:

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post some high res pics in here




I won't be fitting a new battery, but I'm going to paint something over that exposed bit of copper tracking :-)
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Re: The A4000 that came back :-)
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2008, 03:57:44 PM »
Well I couldn't stand to wait any longer to try the motherboard. So I screwed the mobo back to the chassis and connected just the PSU, RAM and Warp Engine. Then I plugged on an external SD/FF, grabbed a PC monitor and switched her on :nervous:




I HAVE AN INSERT DISK PROMPT SCREEN GUYS :banana:
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Re: The A4000 that came back :-)
« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2008, 06:49:30 PM »
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WOW, that 040 card back there is much nicer then mine. =(
You are one lucky (and possibly rich) person. :-P


I do indeed feel very lucky to have this particular 040 :-)

Unfortunately I'm not lucky enough to be rich as well :bigcry:
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Re: The A4000 that came back :-)
« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2008, 03:10:06 AM »
Well she's all back together and working perfectly :banana:



I'm really happy about this and would like to thank you all for your views, help and kind words :-)


@ Andy

I hope you are looking down with a smile on your face my friend :pint:


:cheers:
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