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Offline spirantho

Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 21, 2011, 09:35:55 AM »
If he's booting from the MS-DOS install disk I think it'll do that for you won't it? As long as it's not an upgrade.
Probably best to boot into DOS though and run FDisk and see what happens. And MSD.
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2011, 12:21:56 PM »
Yes, i believed that the MSDOS 5 install disk would propose to FDisk/Format any hard drive, as it did when i installed it under PCTask with a hardfile. I'm going to see if a FDisk alone would do anything, and MSD as well.

I have no answer from softhut about the manual so far.

It would be cool and much easier to find too the double Y cable for the floppy drives.
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2011, 01:36:20 PM »
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Oh, thanks for the warning about this port: i was about to blow up something again!

I have not pluged yet a VGA monitor, not even on the A2030/C643D on the amiga side. I'm trying to setup everything on a mere TV from the RGB out, until i can close the case and make a room for it on my desk (it's lying on the floor for now, my wife is quite upset :D).


getting wife upset......

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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2011, 07:14:46 AM »
It's working now!
As my external floppy still does not want to work with the bridgeboard, despite everything being setup correctly, i had the idea to fdisk/format/install with PC-Task the so-called Autoboot file that is created by MakeAB when you install the software.
And PC-Task did the job, using flawlessly my native floppy droives.
A pity the Janus software can't do as good as PC-Task regarding floppies.

So, i'm limited for now to a hardfile of 32 MB (seems the maximum allowed by MakeAB) but MSDOS 5 is fast as hell, i have a fast VGA output from my ISA Trident board and Dune is awesome playing on my SoundBlaster16!!
And i still have my 486 upgrade to install :-)

Now, i need to figure out how to actually use a proper harddrive/CF for the BB, or at least a whole partition from an Amiga disk.
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2011, 07:19:30 AM »
And a german folk from ebay has been kind enough to send me a pdf copy of the A2386 manual. Glory to him!!

Be sure to download and keep a copy from there: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=07WCQ4RI
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2011, 09:52:58 AM »
Cool! Downloaded it immediately! :-)

In case the above link is not working, I put the manual online on my own site. It can be found here.
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2011, 03:44:07 AM »
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Cool! Downloaded it immediately! :-)

In case the above link is not working, I put the manual online on my own site. It can be found here.

Great thread and link thanks guys  :pint:

If no-one wants the A2386 I have for sale, I could have a go at using it myself now :)
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2011, 04:26:11 PM »
Yes guys, use your bridgeboards!!
This 386sx@25MHz is truly powerful. I have been used to crawling emulation with PC-Task so i bought a 486SLC chip to upgrade my BB, but i haven't done the upgrade yet. Even so, the A2386 runs flawlessly everything i try, from any DOS game to Win 3.1, including Alone in The Dark, a game which kills PCTask even on a 060.

I think, that, just like the Etherbridge driver, a skilled programmer could bring some useful features to the amiga with a BB, such as SoundBlaster AHI driver, MIDI output from a ROLAND board,...

By the way, does someone know what to do with the german ATUilities? It seems to be some alternate sofwtare for the BB with interesting features such as direct amiga floppy drive acess, but there is not a clue on how to actually install and use it.
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2011, 04:30:07 PM »
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And a german folk from ebay has been kind enough to send me a pdf copy of the A2386 manual. Glory to him!!

Be sure to download and keep a copy from there: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=07WCQ4RI


Great! Glad one turned up!
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2011, 10:31:27 AM »
Now i'm curious about the mini DIN port of the BB which is supposed to be for the non released video switch from Commodore.
Would there be any third-party device ou self-made switch compatible with this port?
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2011, 04:24:21 PM »
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Now i'm curious about the mini DIN port of the BB which is supposed to be for the non released video switch from Commodore.
Would there be any third-party device ou self-made switch compatible with this port?


There were a few commercial/semi-professional ones long ago. Fortunately, plans for a hobbyist version made their way to Aminet: http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/BBSwitch1.0

Hope it works!
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2011, 06:53:08 PM »
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There were a few commercial/semi-professional ones long ago. Fortunately, plans for a hobbyist version made their way to Aminet: http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/BBSwitch1.0

Hope it works!


Great link! :-)
Now i need someone to build this for me.
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #26 on: March 13, 2011, 09:33:57 AM »
Hi.
I have some troubles with my BB. I have setup the RAM to the minimal 256KB in the BIOS, to do some test as i had bugs from my Cyrix486 addon and now i can't enter the BIOS again with Ctrl-Alt-Esc or BBSetup to restore the settings.
I have tried to remove the coin battery from the board to clear the CMOS but it didn't work.
The manual has no clue about a clearCMOS jumper.
Any idea what i could do?
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Re: Help me to setup my A2386sx
« Reply #27 on: March 18, 2011, 08:38:36 PM »
Still no success in my attemps to clear the CMOS.
I have removed the board and the battery for more than 20 minutes but the BIOS remains locked with 256KB. Ctrl-Atl-Esc does not work.
:-( :-(
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