31 Dec
2001
31 Dec
'01
11:59 a.m.
Ben Franchuk wrote:
OK what was the AMIGA that ran both AMIGA and PC software ... (286 +
68000 )
cpu cards on a PC style box. Did that have a special software to write
PC disks?
I saw one once - but it was sure slow!
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
There were several variations, starting with the A1060 Sidecar, which
was nothing more than a PC clone in a nice box, with a shared memory
address for graphics (mono or CGA color), and sharing the serial and
parallel ports. Then Commodore came up with the idea of a bridgeboard,
which was the same thing, but on a PC/Amiga style card for the Zorro
bus. There were three variations from CBM (8088, 80286, and 80386) and
one last one from Vortex (486SLC).
Sad thing about these is that they sold for as much as a PC clone, and
had no better features than the IBM's of their day. Nowdays they are
considered a minus in the value of an Amiga computer.
There also was a software package called the Siamese System, which ran
on a PC under Windoze, with emulation and other tricks. This IMHO is a
collectible item.
Writing to PC disks is done with DOS-2-DOS, and that only does DSDD 720k
disks with the internal Amiga drive.
Gary Hildebrand