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Quote from: HIggy on March 28, 2023, 07:25:02 AMNice hack on the Powerterm, I will have to do that also!

Thanks, but both pin 1 and 2 in FC (which i used) seem are 5vsb (drive power on with rear switch, not the frot one). I was too lazy to search in schematics, if you find a better 5v pickup, please share it!

My first thoughts are the power supply.
What are you using?

When I was building my ATX adaptor I did not build the correct 'power on' logic so the system was not getting the full 5v.

Nice hack on the Powerterm, I will have to do that also!

Is there any more runs of this board?

These are my ini settings if anyone else needs them.
I've noticed the games load more reliably if the SD card is less than 32gb and formatted in FAT32.
Although I still get loading issues on some games, this ini works better for me than not having one at all.

[SCSI]
# Settings that apply to all devices
Debug = 0  # Same effect as DIPSW2, enables verbose log messages
SelectionDelay = 0  # Millisecond delay after selection, 255 = automatic, 0 = no delay
PhyMode = 0  # 0: Best available  1: PIO  2: DMA_TIMER  3: GREENPAK_PIO  4: GREENPAK_DMA
#Dir = "/"  # Optionally look for image files in subdirectory
#Dir2 = "/images"  # Multiple directories can be specified Dir1...Dir9
#DisableStatusLED 1 # 0: Use status LED, 1: Disable status LED

# Settings that can be needed for compatibility with some hosts
Quirks = 0  # 0: Standard, 1: Apple, 2: OMTI, 4: Xebec, 8: VMS
EnableUnitAttention = 0 # Post UNIT_ATTENTION status on power-on or SD card hotplug
EnableSCSI2 = 0 # Enable faster speeds of SCSI2
EnableSelLatch = 0 # For Philips P2000C and other devices that release SEL signal before BSY
MapLunsToIDs = 0 # For Philips P2000C simulate multiple LUNs
MaxSyncSpeed = 5 # Set to 5 or 10 to enable synchronous SCSI mode, 0 to disable

# ROM settings
#DisableROMDrive = 1 # Disable the ROM drive if it has been loaded to flash
#ROMDriveSCSIID = 7 # Override ROM drive's SCSI ID

# Settings that can be specified either per-device or for all devices.
#Vendor = "QUANTUM"
#Product = "FIREBALL1"
#Version = "1.0"
#Serial = "0123456789ABCDEF"
#Type = 0    # 0: Fixed, 1: Removable, 2: Optical, 3: Floppy, 4: Mag-optical, 5: Tape
#TypeModifier = 0  # Affects only INQUIRY response
#SectorsPerTrack = 63
#HeadsPerCylinder = 255
#RightAlignStrings = 0 # Right-align SCSI vendor / product strings, defaults on if Quirks = 1
#PrefetchBytes = 8192 # Maximum number of bytes to prefetch after a read request, 0 to disable
#ReinsertCDOnInquiry = 1 # Reinsert any ejected CD-ROM image on Inquiry command, 1 to enable

# Settings can be overridden for individual devices.
[SCSI5]
Product = "Disk with ID5"

[SCSI5]
Product = "CD-ROM Drive"
Type = 2
# If IMG0..IMG9 are specified, they are cycled after each CD eject command.
#IMG0 = FirstCD.iso
#IMG1 = SecondCD.iso

# Raw sector range from SD card can be passed through
# Format is RAW:first_sector:last_sector where sector numbers can be decimal or hex.
# If end sector is beyond end of SD card, it will be adjusted automatically.
# [SCSI4]
# IMG0 = RAW:0x00000000:0xFFFFFFFF # Whole SD card



Hi,

I´m having a problem with my X68K Expert , when I turn the back switch it´s turn on, the fan spin get the green light but dont turn red and fan keep spinning. Tried to replace C264 , IC228 , 229 check R254 OK . But what I´m in doubt is theses chips (IC228 IC229) are receiving 1,28 instead 5v is that normal?

Thanks!

Quote from: HIggy on March 27, 2023, 07:09:59 AMMy file (V4 image) is called HD20_512.sda maybe I have not updated to a new BlueSCSI V2 firmware?

I think in the config file i just have a non-Apple option.

What model X68000 are you using it on?

Thank you, i got it working naming the V4 as HD30_512.HDA, shorting the cable to few centimeters and with terminator set to open.
I use the last 2023 firmware.
I also added the powertrm 5v to pin 38 wiring the 5v from the rear of the port s pcb, so i can use the Bluescsi with only one cable connected (my setup is an original X68000 with a desktop Bluescsi as external drive).
It works fine!

My file (V4 image) is called HD20_512.sda maybe I have not updated to a new BlueSCSI V2 firmware?

I think in the config file i just have a non-Apple option.

What model X68000 are you using it on?

Quote from: kanjiology on March 17, 2023, 04:31:26 PM

Quote from: HIggy on February 20, 2023, 06:51:15 AMHi,

Just to say I managed to test Version 2 of BlueSCSI (now Raspberry Pi Pico based) and it worked.

They are available from here and other places:

https://bluescsi.flamelily.co.uk/

I nice cheap solution that uses minimal power. PiSCSI/RaSCSI is really good but too many features for my basic SASI needs.

I tested this on my Pro and it has a few quirks but overall works more reliably than the bluescsi v1. Termination needs to be off.

I haven't been able to get things like Dracula or Cameltry to load correctly. Let me know if anyone else has one of these and done some testing/has settings to share.

i am trying to get working the bluescsi2 with gamesv4 hds image, but probably i'm missing something...
if i use the original filename, i get an error:

"Driver wih ID0 status: Not operating "

and scsi driver does'nt register.
I a rename the image's name as requested from new fw version, as "HD00512.hds" (id0 and lun0, 512bytes sectors), i get the error:

"Driver wih ID0 status: Not recognized"

termination on or off seems not change the error.
Any help?

Quote from: famiac on March 21, 2023, 01:26:24 PMI wrote a Python script to organize disc images on an SD card for people who use Wizard/DocBrown. It's called SpellSort, and it will hunt your disc images down wherever they are because order is what it craves above all.

you can grab it from github. if you have comments or suggestions, please do share and i'll be happy to incorporate them.

How funny, I literally just wrote my own version of this yesterday.  It's essentially identical to yours in almost every conceivable way, haha.

I actually just created the GitHub repository for it, but haven't made it public yet as I'm still working on the README.

In any event, great work!  Thanks for sharing.