SCSI2SD & Amiga's

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 7/7/2020 2:24 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
> On 7/7/2020 1:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
>>> Am I correct that a v5.1 SCSI2SD should work just fine?  Anything I need to be aware of?
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>> I run a SCSI2SD on my A2500 with whatever SCSI card it has by default. The only issue that I have is the SCSI2SD boots slower than the Amiga, so when I power on the Amiga I have to wait a few seconds then do the A+A+Control reboot three finger salute (or whatever it is.) Before it's ready the Amiga just sits at a white screen forever, but after a reboot the SCSI2SD is ready and it boots fine.
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> What version of the SCSD2SD V5 do you have?  The V5.1 was reworked to boot faster (so claims the site here <http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php/SCSI2SD#Which_version_should_you_buy_.3F> ) and the V6 boots even faster I believe.
>> Extra FRIGGIN awesome is I can pull the SD card out, shove it in a Win10 laptop and boot the same OS on WinUAE... copy stuff on, pull SD card out stuff it back in the physical system and go.
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>> It would be nice if the SCSI2SD was mounted on a expansion cover plate though, with the LEDs visible and the SD card accessible externally.
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> That's how I them mounted in my MicroVAX 3100 and AlphaServer DS10.  On the Alphaserver I bought the 3.5" bracket and replaced the floppy disk with it.  On the MicroVAX I used the same 3.5" bracket and mounted it in a 5.25" to 3.5" bracket with a homemade baseplate.
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> SCSI2SD mounting bracket: <https://store.inertialcomputing.com/product-p/scsi2sd-v5.1-v6-bracket-black.htm>
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> StarTech 3.5" to 5.35" mount <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HLZXH2>
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>>  -- : Ethan O'Toole
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Oh, I drilled a hole (1/4") through the SCSI2SD mounting bracket and mounted a LED wired to the holes on the PC board. Pro tip: Remove the SCSI2SD card from the bracket before drilling so that when the drill breaks though it doesn't zip in and chew off a couple of the SMD resistors and capacitors... Don't ask me how I know. :-P

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John H. Reinhardt