Hello Mike!

22 Jan 24 09:20, you wrote to BENNY PEDERSEN:

I was not aware that amiga HD controllers had 80286 chips on them.
That is interesting. Would you be able to install an intel OS and
still be able to also use your amiga processor to run an amiga os
(like dual boot)?

Amiga HD controlers per see dont. They need extra hardware.


BridgeBoards, emulation support cards
BridgeBoards allow using IBM compatible hardware components in an Amiga. Emulation support cards give the
Amiga the extra hardware for the complete software emulation of other platforms.


http://amiga.resource.cx/dir/bridge



Stephen


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Hello Stephen!

23 Jan 2024 10:48, Stephen Walsh wrote to Mike Powell:

Amiga HD controlers per see dont. They need extra hardware.

+1

BridgeBoards, emulation support cards
BridgeBoards allow using IBM compatible hardware components in an
Amiga. Emulation support cards give the
Amiga the extra hardware for the complete software emulation of other platforms.

bridge boards is zerro ii, while gvp harddisk is not

http://amiga.resource.cx/dir/bridge

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/pc286 is my reference

i don't think this is emulation if it have a 286 in real hardware, doh :)


Regards Benny

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Hello Mike!

22 Jan 2024 09:20, Mike Powell wrote to BENNY PEDERSEN:

you miss my point, i have a 80286 in my gvp amiga harddisk controller,
so i co d use msdos, or maybe linux for 16 bit arch :)

I don't think that linux will run on a 286, but minux might.

+1

I was not aware that amiga HD controllers had 80286 chips on them.

its just a plugin card, its not installed at bougt time, so i have to pay extre for this, on the page it says emulation, while it is a real 286 onboard, hmm :=)

That is interesting. Would you be able to install an intel OS and still be
able to also use your amiga processor to run an amiga os (like dual boot)?

yes the 286 runs msdos perfektly fine, async with amiga at same time, if you have a z80 mbc, it would be like plug a uterm on that to see msdos screen on linux :=) (via usb cable)

i also have a atonce, with is a card to plugin on the 68000 amiga cpu, the pc286 is just one for gvp harddisk controller

it was cool at the time it existed, i just wonder if it could run fidonet software on the pc side of it, the amiga ram could be used in msdos as highmem, so no problem with this, i did not have networking, just amiga harddisk file shareing, eq northon command could move files from amiga to the virtual harddisk on the pc side, and visa versa


Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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Hello Benny!

04 Feb 24 07:38, you wrote to Mike Powell:

I don't think that linux will run on a 286, but minux might.

+1

Confirm, back in 1994 when I installed my first Slackware, I couldn't do it because I had a 286 and I bought a 386SX33. It could run Linux but was hell slow :D



Christian


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Hey Christian!

386SX33. It could run Linux but was hell slow :D

Sounds very familiar except I already had the 386 booting to whatever version of dos with a 32-bit gcc port (djgpp). I opted for a dual boot system on there and bought a 486-33 for a pure Slackware 3.something-or-other install. That became my first linux hacking machine and was awesome in comparison to the 386. Next was a 486 Toshiba laptop whose graphics chip (Chips & Technology) put up a fight at first. A new custom compiled kernel fixed that nicely.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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That is interesting. Would you be able to install an intel OS and still b
able to also use your amiga processor to run an amiga os (like dual boot)

yes the 286 runs msdos perfektly fine, async with amiga at same time, if you h
e a z80 mbc, it would be like plug a uterm on that to see msdos screen on linu
:=) (via usb cable)

Oh, I see. That would be neat.

it was cool at the time it existed, i just wonder if it could run fidonet soft
re on the pc side of it, the amiga ram could be used in msdos as highmem, so n
problem with this, i did not have networking, just amiga harddisk file sharein
eq northon command could move files from amiga to the virtual harddisk on the
c side, and visa versa

If the two "systems" could talk to each other, that might have been an easy
way to run the fido mailer on the PC side while still using the older amiga
BBS software.

Mike


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