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- From: dlyall@cruzio.com (J. David Lyall)
- Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 and Sidecar
- Reply-To: dlyall@cruzio.com
- Organization: Not Hardly
- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 01:38:48 GMT
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- Matthew Robinson (matthew@theplanet.net) wrote:
- > It was up for sale I had the money so I bought it!
-
- > What I need to know now is as much about it as possible!
- > Specifically:
-
- > 1. What exactly does the sidecar do?
- > 2. If I have a spare kickstart chip can I plug it in somewhere?
- > 3. The sidecare has a 20MB HD in it. If I feed the machine kickstart 1.3
- > or above will it autoboot?
- > 4. Did the sidecar give pc compatability or am I just going mad?
- > 5. every thing else :-)
-
- > All help greatly apreciated!
-
- > Matthew
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- > )\._.,--....,'``. Matthew Robinson. Network Operations.
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- The sidecar is an 8088 bridgeboard for the A1000. Actually, the bridgeboard
- is a sidecar for the A2000, as the sidecar came first.
-
- You need the Janus software to access the Sidecar/Bridgeboard from the Amiga.
-
- What kind of Hard Drive is in it? I want an 8 bit hardcard for my sidebarge!
-