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New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 14:45
by Steve
Hi all,

I don't think many people here may be aware of the following devices:
RaSCSI:
https://github.com/akuker/RASCSI/wiki
(Based on Raspberry Pi has advanced support for SCSI extensions like Daynaport ethernet, removable / hot swappable virtual scsi drives and more!)
BlueSCSI:
https://github.com/erichelgeson/BlueSCSI
(A cheap and basic device, based on BluePill, just copy disk images to your SD card name them ID_LUN_Name.hda and they are automatically mounted as SCSI devices, super simple compared to SCSI2SD and very cheap!)

Both devices are very interesting and are aimed towards Macs, but also work on other hardware. The more people who test on Atari would provide valuable feedback and boost development for Atari systems.

I have bought both as kits and will be building up soon. I hope other Atari users do the same - it is not often we get such great hardware that can be compatible with our machines from another 'community' so it would be good to test / feedback / contribute.

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 15:19
by PaulJ
Looks very interesting Steve. May give it a try. :D

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 15:44
by troed
Cool! I already stock Bluepills since I make GreaseWeazle F1:s - will get some PCBs made for this too. Might be a bit niche since the immediate users would be Mega STE owners _with_ the Atari SCSI board but ... why not.

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 15:53
by DoG
I have already ordered PCB for blueSCSI so I will be building that soon to test.

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 16:15
by Steve
troed wrote: 07 May 2021 15:44 Cool! I already stock Bluepills since I make GreaseWeazle F1:s - will get some PCBs made for this too. Might be a bit niche since the immediate users would be Mega STE owners _with_ the Atari SCSI board but ... why not.
& TT & Falcon & Anyone with ASCI>SCSI.

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 16:22
by PaulJ
Just ordered the scsi board built... they were out of the kits. Pretty good site for tech. trinkets.

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 16:26
by Steve
PaulJ wrote: 07 May 2021 16:22 Just ordered the scsi board built... they were out of the kits. Pretty good site for tech. trinkets.
Which did you go for? RaSCSI or Blue? :)

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 16:36
by PaulJ
Steve wrote: 07 May 2021 16:26
PaulJ wrote: 07 May 2021 16:22 Just ordered the scsi board built... they were out of the kits. Pretty good site for tech. trinkets.
Which did you go for? RaSCSI or Blue? :)
Thought I'd play with the RaSCSI.

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 18:47
by tzok
There's also ACSI2STM:
https://github.com/retro16/acsi2stm

But for now, I find it troublesome to run stable on different machines :(

Re: New SCSI Solutions for Atari/Amiga!

Posted: 07 May 2021 19:29
by Steve
tzok wrote: 07 May 2021 18:47 There's also ACSI2STM:
https://github.com/retro16/acsi2stm

But for now, I find it troublesome to run stable on different machines :(
Yes I was also testing it and I have the same issues. It is basically useless with the data integrity errors.