Thanks to Alex of Rabbit Hole computing we are converting the remaining SCSI disk drives on our remote systems to #zuluscsi
Here is hkypux, an HP9000/715 running HP/UX 10.20

https://icm.museum

#server #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #scsi #emulation

Trumpcard 500 Repair Success - The Oasis BBS

Watch Chris Edwards restore the Trumpcard 500 and revive an Amiga 1200 floppy drive with modern upgrades and repair tips.

The Oasis BBS

WLAN driver

Robert Smith's "DaynaPORT" driver uses the WLAN emulation available in the SD-based SCSI ‘drives’ ZuluSCSI and BlueSCSI to connect any Amiga with a SCSI host to the network. Version 1.3 fixes a problem with downloading large files, among other things.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-09-00113-EN.html

#WLAN #SCSI #ZuluSCSI #BlueSCSI

amiga-news.de - WLAN driver: DaynaPORT - WLAN via BlueSCSI V2 or ZuluSCSI

@wyatt @ActionRetro @thisdoesnotcomp Granted the #RP2040 is dirt-cheap and easy to program as well as trivial to obtain, which is why they propably went with that for the modern #ZuluSCSI...
ZuluSCSI firmware v2025.06.11 - The Oasis BBS

ZuluSCSI firmware v2025.06.11 adds improved timing, bug fixes, and support for the RP2350B. Now available for download.

The Oasis BBS

@Amiga_News Yeah, I've already had on my mind to make a video about how I use it. But as always: too many ideas, too little time. 🤷
So for now I can only share a few pictures as inspiration.
I've put my card into an old SCSI housing that used to contain a SyQuest drive for 270MB discs.

#SCSI #ZuluSCSI #Retrocomputing

ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card. Version 2025.06.01 fixes a crash when loading ROM in ZuluSCSI Blaster and enables physical eject button for ZuluSCSI V1.2.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-06-00011-EN.html

#Amiga #ZuluSCSI #SCSI #emulation

amiga-news.de - SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2025.06.01

Here's a weird thing I found, while restoring my old #CPM computers from #GeminiMicrocomputers: while there were models available with Winchester drives (that's harddisks for you young folks), the setup was a little weird. This was the time of the #MFM and RLL harddrives, used by other systems such as the IBM 5150. Easily recognizable by having two flat ribbon cables instead of just one for each drive. RLL was a little more tightly packed with capacity, but basically the same concept - required slightly different controllers though.

Anyway, back to the Gemini. It featured a #SASI interface, which is sort of an early version of #SCSI. Did you connect a drive directly to it? Noooo. You connected a #Xebec SCSI/MFM controller. Did that require a lot of weird SCSI commands for telling the Xebec what disk was attached? Of course. Compared to how it's done today, very backwards.

Which meant I had zero luck with my new #zuluscsi device. https://zuluscsi.com/

I've got a plan B though.

ZuluSCSI - A hardware SCSI HDD & CD-ROM emulator

ZuluSCSI™ is a SCSI computer storage emulation platform, which speaks both SCSI-1 and SCSI-2. It uses file-based SCSI HDD & CD-ROM images, similar to RaSCSI and BlueSCSI. It represents a fusion of firmware and concepts from both SCSI2SD V6 and BlueSCSI. Hard drive and CD-ROM drive images are stored on...

ZuluSCSI - A hardware SCSI HDD & CD-ROM emulator
So.. After a few - no, a lot - of snags and bugs and corner cases and compromises: #Novell #NetWare 4.2 (which is really 4.11 with some make-up) for OS/2 running on a 486DX50 EISA-based machine. Networking is by a pair of 100Mbit network cards (one for each kernel personality), while main file storage is on a #ZuluSCSI connected to an Adaptec 2742-controller.
For the occasion I also built a new "rack", with dedicated console for the machine. Next up - #IPX-ify all my #DOS machines :D
#retro #retrocomputing #supervisorhero