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Dream setup - RaSCSI PowerBook formfactor for internal WiFi!

avadondragon

Well-known member
I recently acquired both a BlueSCSI PowerBook version and a Pi ZERO version of the RaSCSI. I noticed the RaSCSI was even smaller than my PowerBook BlueSCSI board and I got to thinking - how cool would it be if I could put my RaSCSI INSIDE my PowerBook for internal WiFi?

Just a thought for possible future development.
 

Nixontheknight

Well-known member
I recently acquired both a BlueSCSI PowerBook version and a Pi ZERO version of the RaSCSI. I noticed the RaSCSI was even smaller than my PowerBook BlueSCSI board and I got to thinking - how cool would it be if I could put my RaSCSI INSIDE my PowerBook for internal WiFi?

Just a thought for possible future development.
I think it would work if you use a Pi Zero 1/2 W
 

landoGriffin

Well-known member
No future development needed. Its ready to go :) The Version 2.4a board can support this use case. I have a STL file for the bracket available here:

You could configure the RaSCSI to emulate a DaynaPort SCSI/Link and a SCSI drive to boot from. I've been using a RaSCSI inside my PowerBook 520c for a while and seems to work fine. (Just takes a while to boot up, since the Raspberry Pi needs to boot before MacOS can boot.)

Also - if you do this, make sure you disable the hard drive spin-down functionality. Whenever the Powerbook "spins down" the drive, it cuts power to the drive.

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