yamaha94
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Hi Everyone!
Long time reader first time poster:
For me I have had my Macintosh SE for almost 25 years and the hard drive was getting to a point where it was not spinning up most of the time (usually took 2-3 reboots to get it going) so i did some research about the SCSI2SD converter. From what I read it is a great unit but there was very little information about how to actually set it up for the Macintosh SE. I have a short and quick guide that allowed me to get it to work correctly. There are probably many ways to do it but this worked for me perfectly! links and images below.
What I purchased:
1 - SCSI2SD converter w/ 2 Gig Micro SD Card http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD
1 - Floppy Emu Device from BMOW - Model A http://www.bigmessowires.com/
1 - Floppy Hard Drive SCSI Tools Floppy from BMOW https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/macintosh-system-floppy-disks/
I had a 3D printer available to me so I made this bracket: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/24466-scsi2sd-mounting-bracket-for-se30/
4 - small cable ties
The task:
Step 1: I removed the original hard drive, cleaned the hard disk tray and fastened the SCSI2SD to the 3D printer brackets with two cable ties and then fastened the entire device to the opposite end of the hard drive tray. What is difficult is balancing the distance of the ribbon cable and the HDD indicator light. It turned out quite well as you see in the image attachment. After hooking up the 4 pin power and SCSI ribbon cable we were good to go.
Step 2: With the case open I hooked up the micro usb cable (I could of did this before hand but i was too lazy to remove it) I setup the drive by using the SCSI utility. These are the specs I used for a 2gig "seagate" drive: (it is not formatted just yet) https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/24810-questions-about-scsi2sd-setup-in-mac-lc-iii/?p=260540
Step 3: With my floppy emu attached to the exterior SCSI port; I previously installed both the System 7.0 boot disk and System 7.0 install disks. Boot with the System 7.0 boot disk.
Step 4: Insert the SCSI Tools floppy disk from BMOW and load Lido. The SCSI2SD will load under "0 address". This program is straight forward and I formatted, partitioned and enabled the disk. It will show up in the desktop menu.
Step 5: Remove the SCSI Tool disk, and reset the floppy Emu and load the system 7 install disks. When completed turn off the macintosh and disconnect the floppy emu and reboot! thats it!
My mac runs smooth now and eventhough System 7 is a bit more bloated than system 6.0.8 it runs way better than it could with the old mechanical drive. With the floppy emu I could now transfer the long lost driver for my cabletron eithernet adaptor and can connect to the internet with the macweb browser.
Regards
Yamaha94
Long time reader first time poster:
For me I have had my Macintosh SE for almost 25 years and the hard drive was getting to a point where it was not spinning up most of the time (usually took 2-3 reboots to get it going) so i did some research about the SCSI2SD converter. From what I read it is a great unit but there was very little information about how to actually set it up for the Macintosh SE. I have a short and quick guide that allowed me to get it to work correctly. There are probably many ways to do it but this worked for me perfectly! links and images below.
What I purchased:
1 - SCSI2SD converter w/ 2 Gig Micro SD Card http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD
1 - Floppy Emu Device from BMOW - Model A http://www.bigmessowires.com/
1 - Floppy Hard Drive SCSI Tools Floppy from BMOW https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/macintosh-system-floppy-disks/
I had a 3D printer available to me so I made this bracket: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/24466-scsi2sd-mounting-bracket-for-se30/
4 - small cable ties
The task:
Step 1: I removed the original hard drive, cleaned the hard disk tray and fastened the SCSI2SD to the 3D printer brackets with two cable ties and then fastened the entire device to the opposite end of the hard drive tray. What is difficult is balancing the distance of the ribbon cable and the HDD indicator light. It turned out quite well as you see in the image attachment. After hooking up the 4 pin power and SCSI ribbon cable we were good to go.
Step 2: With the case open I hooked up the micro usb cable (I could of did this before hand but i was too lazy to remove it) I setup the drive by using the SCSI utility. These are the specs I used for a 2gig "seagate" drive: (it is not formatted just yet) https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/24810-questions-about-scsi2sd-setup-in-mac-lc-iii/?p=260540
Step 3: With my floppy emu attached to the exterior SCSI port; I previously installed both the System 7.0 boot disk and System 7.0 install disks. Boot with the System 7.0 boot disk.
Step 4: Insert the SCSI Tools floppy disk from BMOW and load Lido. The SCSI2SD will load under "0 address". This program is straight forward and I formatted, partitioned and enabled the disk. It will show up in the desktop menu.
Step 5: Remove the SCSI Tool disk, and reset the floppy Emu and load the system 7 install disks. When completed turn off the macintosh and disconnect the floppy emu and reboot! thats it!
My mac runs smooth now and eventhough System 7 is a bit more bloated than system 6.0.8 it runs way better than it could with the old mechanical drive. With the floppy emu I could now transfer the long lost driver for my cabletron eithernet adaptor and can connect to the internet with the macweb browser.
Regards
Yamaha94
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