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To   : BENNY PEDERSEN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Feb 04 2024 09:13 am

>  MP> That is interesting. Would you be able to install an intel OS and still b
>  MP> 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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