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BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« on: June 23, 2006, 07:31:17 AM »
Hi to all! I just installed a 2386sx bridgeboard in my A2000 and, after installing the board I installed the Amiga Janus software (which I downloaded from Installer's Heaven). When I try to run any of the Janus programs (PC Color, PC Mono, PC Prefs) all I get is "could not open janus.library". The funny thing is that the above file exists in the expansion drawer, and I also copied it to the libs drawer, but still nothing... Any suggestions? I don't know if it matters, my A2000 has also a Retina and a SCSI HC+8 controller installed.
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2006, 07:34:28 AM »
How much memory is installed on the HC8+? Chances are you are out of autoconfig space.
The GVP should have no more then 4MB...
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2006, 07:38:46 AM »
I installed 8MB on the HC8 (and I think that the bridgeboard has also 8MB). But in case I need to remove the 4MB from the HC8, can I use the memory of an other board (I will install a GVP 030 in a few days with 8MB)
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2006, 08:34:26 AM »
You also get this message when the bridgeboard is not recognized by your A2000. Check it in the early startup menu (if you use KS2.0 or higher).
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2006, 08:43:51 AM »
I haven't checked the early startup menu, but the board is recognised correctly by showconfig, so it appears to be working.
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2006, 09:18:56 AM »
The Amiga 2000 has a 8MB expansion-range for memory and some IO-space which can be addressed with 64k max per card.

The bridgeboard (2088,2286,2386) all have 128k of shared memory which won't fit into the IO-space and is therefore configured in the area for memory-expansions.

This area can only be configured in blocks of 2MB, so you only have 6MB left.

A potential GFX-board (on the Amiga-side) will also take 2 or 4 MB.

If you only got the 8MB expansion and the bridgeboard you need to remove 2MB from the memory-expansion.

The memory on 030-turbo-boards is normally configured outside the 68000-address-space (except for C='s 2630 offcourse  evil: ) and should therefor have no effect on Z2-expansions.
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2006, 09:37:35 AM »
So, should I leave the HC8 with 4MB (as I do have an 1MB Retina)?
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2006, 09:44:49 AM »
Yup!
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Re: BRIDGEBOARD QUESTION
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2006, 09:47:24 AM »
Thanks guys! I hope that this will solve my problem...
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