Phipli
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The SCSI2SD uses the SD card as raw media. The BlueSCSI uses disk image files on a FAT formatted SD card.Does the blue scsi work
Similarly to the SCSI2SD?
The SCSI2SD uses the SD card as raw media. The BlueSCSI uses disk image files on a FAT formatted SD card.Does the blue scsi work
Similarly to the SCSI2SD?
Which sort of disk images does it use? How does it prioritize which ones to mount?The SCSI2SD uses the SD card as raw media. The BlueSCSI uses disk image files on a FAT formatted SD card.
The file name sets the SCSI ID. Is the file with "0" is SCSI ID 0 etc.Which sort of disk images does it use? How does it prioritize which ones to mount?
Neither. Raw disk images.Ok, are they .img or .dmg format?
Neither. Raw disk images.
I'm not sure why you think that. They work in late versions of Disk Copy, Shrink Wrap and many other retro programs.So semi-useless for a regular Mac user, I suppose. Oh well, I was looking into it as an alternative to the SCSI2SD.
I don't think it is as much of an issue as you think it is, although you don't have to use oneWell, for instance with the SCSI2SD, I can pop the SD card from it in, say, my G4, and read/write to the HD partitions like any other disk. With these .dsk files, will Disk Utility on OS X 10.4 be able to open it and write to it? I’ve never had good luck with that.
I've always used ethernet or CDs, so it only looks more convenient because I could optionally plug it into modern computers. What puts me off getting something like that is the cost. With the tax and shipping to Europe they are a bit pricy.Oh no of course I don’t have to, just seeing if it was a viable alternative for me. Having only Macs, my general method is when setting up on a new machine, I put the SD in the G4 or whatever and copy everything I need in two minutes, rather than manually installing things on the target machine or having to create something via an emulator.
I've always used ethernet or CDs, so it only looks more convenient because I could optionally plug it into modern computers. What puts me off getting something like that is the cost. With the tax and shipping to Europe they are a bit pricy.
But seriously, I think you might find that the image files are easier to work with than you think. I'm not a Mac OS X user as if about 10 years, so I can't explicitly give you guidance, but the format is so trivial that there is no way you can't just mount and use an appropriately formed image file. Just perhaps a bit of research and writing down a step by step until you learn it.
Absolutely willing to give it a go. Can you send me a small, blank .dsk (or whatever the extension may be) to try?
Oh no of course I don’t have to, just seeing if it was a viable alternative for me. Having only Macs, my general method is when setting up on a new machine, I put the SD in the G4 or whatever and copy everything I need in two minutes, rather than manually installing things on the target machine or having to create something via an emulator.
Congrats! When they work, IIfx seems to be very nice machine...Here's the IIfx being unusually stable