BlueSCSI

Announcement! #BlueSCSI v2 Pico!

https://bluescsi.com/v2

(And yes it's still open and you can build them yourself!)

BlueSCSI v2 (again!)

BlueSCSI v2 updates it's license to the CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 2 - Strongly Reciprocal.

Jan 25, 2023 at 3:02pmWeb
Show threadBlueSCSIJan 25, 2023
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Show threadIan Scott  🐙Jan 25, 2023
@BlueSCSI awesome! The RP2040 continues to amaze me with what it’s capable of!
Show threadDana RossJan 25, 2023
@BlueSCSI Oh sure, now that I finally bought a V1! Seriously, this sounds like a big upgrade & I'm excited to see this product thriving. ❤️❤️❤️
Show threadBlueSCSIJan 25, 2023
@danaross V1 is still great and will still be getting updates. Also depending on the computer (like a Plus, SE, and around those erras) there will be no speed difference. - It's when you get to the Fast Powermac's you'll notice the big jumps.
Show threadMrTechGadgetJan 25, 2023
@danaross @BlueSCSI Yeah, I just got 20 to make at Christmas! Now I have vintage BlueSCSI PCBs!
Show threadWesley MooreJan 25, 2023
@BlueSCSI gah! This is great but my v1s are being made at JLCPCB as we speak… can’t cancel that but maybe I cancel the parts order with Mouser and make one of these instead 🤔
Show threadPierreNick  💾Jan 26, 2023
@BlueSCSI This is super exciting! I love everything (like the speed and the hot swap, easy config, logs, etc.) but putting a 1.6 MB boot disk in flash, that’s so cool! So Macintosh Classic-y!
Show threadScott Small 🇨🇦Jan 26, 2023
@pierrenick @BlueSCSI I'm real curious about how that works. Can you hold a key at startup to boot from it? Can I ditch the Rominator II?
Show threadPierreNick  💾Jan 26, 2023
@BlueSCSI @smallsco From what I understand it’s just a (read only) disk image like any other. Just that it stays on the BlueSCSI regardless of which SD card you have in. Which is pretty neat, especially with the hot swap SD card now!
Show threadBlueSCSIJan 26, 2023
@smallsco @pierrenick the bits of the drive are just stored in the Pico flash vs on the SD, that's it!
Show threadScott Small 🇨🇦Jan 26, 2023
@BlueSCSI @pierrenick Ah, very cool! This will come in handy for bootstrapping newly installed systems with things like network drivers 😄​
Show threadPierreNick  💾Jan 26, 2023

@smallsco @BlueSCSI Ans leaving it in the machine, booted, and swapping cards!

Lots of folks have their BlueSCSI buried in. I think this’ll bring a resurgence of externally accessible SD cards brackets and adaptors 😃

Show threadScott Small 🇨🇦Jan 26, 2023
@pierrenick @BlueSCSI You can only swap cards if you're booted from the "ROM Disk" though... and since that disk can only be 1.6 MB, I'm not sure how much value this feature has. I guess it makes more sense if you're booting from another device and using the BlueSCSI purely as external media.
Show threadPierreNick  💾Jan 26, 2023
@BlueSCSI @smallsco 1.6 MB is still more than a 1.44 MB disk so not bad for a good old boot disk haha. True that now with the size of SD cards it’s also not a big deal to copy your drivers images on everything ha.