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Best solutions for mounting an internal BlueSCSI V2 in an SE/30?

Sani

Member
My apologies if this has been discussed before, but I searched and couldn't find anything. I have a blue MacEffects case and an internal BlueSCSI V2, and it's working well, but I'm looking for a way to mount it in the case, preferably in such a way that the SD card is accessible. I found some mounts for the BlueSCSI V1 that attach to the PDS slot, but I don't think they will work for the V2. I've also considered mounting it in the hard drive bracket and cutting a slot for the SD card in one of the case lines above the floppy drive, but I'd rather not make that kind of modification. I tried using an SD card extension cable, but it was causing I/O errors.

I don't have any 3D printing experience or access to a printer, but I'd certainly be willing to pay for a bracket if someone makes one that would work. A bracket that would hold it in the position I'm holding it in the photo would work perfectly, I would think.

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finkmac

NORTHERN TELECOM
i am lazy as heck. also a cheapskate. i often use those little plastic-wire things that come with cables to tie SD adapters in place.

also with regards to an SD slot in the case, I saw someone had a nifty 3D printed solution that uses the kensington lock slot. can't remember where I saw it though
 

Sani

Member
Thanks! I ended up ordering the bracket from the first link, the one by This Does Not Compute, and I'm having it made by Print a Thing. I also ordered some other stuff I've been meaning to get, like a replacement gear for the floppy drive, a brightness control knob, and an ADB mouse that I can use with the blue translucent mouse case from MacEffects. I'll share pics if I get the bracket installed and it all works correctly.
 

olePigeon

Well-known member
A few years ago I had designed a side-mountable bracket when I was refurbishing about a hundred SEs and SE/30s (not an exaggeration.) It attached to the side of the drive cage so an SE could still have dual floppy drives + a SCSI2SD. It placed the SCSI2SD to the right of the CRT neck, about a cm clearance from the CRT itself. But I don't have the 3D file anymore. :/
 
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