help! need goldengate 486slc drivers

[mechy]

hello,
   I just recently picked up a old vortex bridgeboard and i am lacking drivers for it.Does anyone out there have the golden gate drivers for the vortex goldengate 486slc?
i sure could use a copy?

thanks!
     Mike


amigas AT peoplepc.com

[satiropan]

I can send you the .dms images of the Goldengate 386SX board, they may be the same as for the 486.
I have just bought this one, but I don't undestand I to have it working, I don't have any paper documentations and what's on disk is just to little (no tutorial or step by step guide.
Let me knoe
Ciao
S.

[spirantho]

Do you still need any disk images? I've got the 486SLC disks right here if you need them. I know the DOS disk has a 486cache program on it which may not be on the 386SX one.

Version numbers on my disks:
Goldmine I  - Version 1.31.27 - 02/94
Goldmine II - Version 1.04 - 08/93

Would these help?

I also have the manual at home, and have a fair amount of experience using one (I have mine in my "Disk factory" A1500 (so called because it has no fewer than 5 disk drives attached to it for reading/writing just about any format disk you care to mention!)).

Incidentally, get 4 matched 4MB 60nS 30 pin SIMMS and get hold of a copy of QEMM (I think version 7 was best for the GG). I use Win 3.11 WFW and have a Soundblaster II (8-bit), 3Com Etherlink II (I think it is - 8-bit again), Thunderbolt ISA (CL5446 chipset I think - 16bit).

Any questions drop me a PM or mail!

[InTheSand]

spirantho wrote:
...my "Disk factory" A1500 (so called because it has no fewer than 5 disk drives attached to it for reading/writing just about any format disk you care to mention!...

Heh!  :crazy:  I hope you run a no-click program!!!

Presumably you have at least one of those drives attached to the bridgeboard?

 - Ali

[spirantho]

Two actually - the external drives (both Amiga-compatible, one 5.25" and one HD 3.5"). The GG uses Amiga drives so they're actually accessible by both sides, Amiga and PC, in anything from 360K 5.25" to 1.76MB (including 1.44MB on the GG of course!)

[satiropan]

Just following the issue, has anybody of you a Goldengate386SX on a A2000?
Mine gives me some problems.
My A2000 is rev 6.2, I have soldered the 10nF condenser between pin 12 and 14 of the 68000.
Before doing this, the setup and server setup programs saved the changes but won't exit (I was stuck with the setup screen until I rebooted).
With the condenser soldered, now I can exit setups and return to amiga screen, but digger and server won't start, with or without reboot.
If I boot with the GoldmineI disk, everything works OK, both digger and server, before and after the added condenser.
A friend here says I should upgrade to rev 6.3.
How, apart from changing the whole motherboard?
Any advice?
S.