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I was using a Win10 VirtualBox install to format a 16gb SD card and transferring files either within the VM or from the OS X host machine. I was mainly editing the macsd.ini file while the card was mounted in OS X. The SD card in the MacSD would either not load disk images properly or freeze up...

The MacSD has arrived and have been trying it out for the last few days. I think it's a very interesting take on SCSI emulation. For instance, I played some music on it through the audio out jack with a hybrid bin/cue file of "The Manhole". I have been working through some stability issues with...

What an awesome acquisition!  I hope to see it at a future VCF event.  :)

Looks great, especially the A/B restoration. Do you have a reference for what parts you used for that part of the restoration?

That's an interesting idea. I guess if it was cheaper than 30pin SIMMs and looked cool some people might go for it. If it could do more than replace the RAM then it would get even more interesting.

This is good to hear!! I had gone ahead and ordered one, so I am looking forward to trying it out. You just drop in drive images and update a text file right on the SD card, right? It reminds me of Basilisk (emulator) where you edit the prefs file to tell it what disks to load and CD-ROM etc...

Agreed, mechanically it doesn't buy much, it's more for production. The 68 pin socket is on its own and many other designs are single sockets as well.

@JDW Good catch. I didn't think they would have different pitches. The pitch for the SE/30 looks to be 0.4" (~10mm). It may be difficult to find an exact replacement, so I think single sockets would be a good, easier to find alternative. Another advantage is if you want to fix just one broken...

Yes... QTY (10) 30 POSITION DUAL SIMM SOCKETS SMV2030-6 AUTOTEK

Awesome, I was hoping to make it look straightforward. I haven't replaced the RAM sockets yet, but I did recently buy some from an eBay seller that come in a lot of 10 pcs. The 68 pin ones I got from a local shop several years ago, but I think I spotted mention of an online supplier in the...

What was the mechanical issue, the thickness of the ROM SIMM? I ended up swapping the socket on a couple of my logic boards (somewhat invasive but worth it to me) and made a video on how to do it:

@Trash80toHP_Mini Nah, people should know who they're dealing with. Not the first time I've seen this behavior from "Intertial". Has anyone pulled the trigger on this new SCSI drive replacement? I was thinking of getting another SCSI2SD, but I want to try the MacSD to see how it compares. It...

That could be the issue. I think I tried not using a modern machine with it at some point thinking that was the case, but still had issues. If this new drive lets us load up large disk images like a floppy emu would, that would be much more convenient to get started and back up.

I also just spotted the MacSD. It sounds like it doesn't need to deal with formatting partitions, right? I am interested in getting one since I have had reliability issues with the SCSI2SD cards where the disks quickly become corrupted. It may be something only I am dealing with, but I have...

Your 8.1 ROM image thread is interesting. I'm guessing it would be feasible to have a 7.1 image with Ethernet and AppleShare for an 8MB ROM. Have you come across anyone making a ROM disk image like that?

Oh yes, I forgot about that. I also had some time to read through the compatibility notes on your site. Thanks for the reply and I'm looking forward to seeing your future developments.

@ZaneKaminski Are the SIMMs programmable from the host machine? If not, can we use our programmers that were designed by @dougg3? I saw the screenshot of the utility to adjust the options, how does that work? Your comments on updating the way drivers work in ROM are very interesting. Is it...

Yeah, for those amounts Priority makes more sense. Looks like I got the last of the current batch.  }:) It's cool to see Doug's name of the SIMMs, miss that dude.

@Toni_ I mostly just wanted to bump this thread since I think it's such a great project. I am wondering if you have tried working with HyperCard 1.x and 2.x? I find it's one of the apps that emulators often struggle with, especially the visual transitions between cards.

I've used Photoshop CS3 to save as a PICT. I don't know if newer versions have kept that "save as" option.