Blue SCSI for PowerBook 100
- Thread starter Frederick
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You need the internal, desktop version.
The homepage's first image is of a desktop version, so basically anywhere you can buy BlueSCSI. I got mine from Europe as I'm British, but I think you'll find resellers in the US will have the internal desktop version too.
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The PowerBook 100 uses a regular PowerBook SCSI connection. The last 10 pins aren’t used by many devices, including the BlueSCSI - they can just “hang off the end”
You do want the PowerBook version. The desktop one won’t fit.
See my old Scuznet PowerBook version to explain what I mean - the last holes on the right aren’t even populated and this particular version I use in my PB100
You do want the PowerBook version. The desktop one won’t fit.
See my old Scuznet PowerBook version to explain what I mean - the last holes on the right aren’t even populated and this particular version I use in my PB100
That’s right. The pins are even offset IIRC so the cable fits without an extra bend.
I will say, though. I have a BlueSCSI V2 with WiFi which I used in a PowerBook 540c and stability wasn’t great. I’ve not tried it in the 100. Presumably since the machine is slower it might be better. I went back to an old SCSI2SD I had in it before and it’s much more stable (albeit no WiFi!)
I will let others chime in with comments on that!
I will say, though. I have a BlueSCSI V2 with WiFi which I used in a PowerBook 540c and stability wasn’t great. I’ve not tried it in the 100. Presumably since the machine is slower it might be better. I went back to an old SCSI2SD I had in it before and it’s much more stable (albeit no WiFi!)
I will let others chime in with comments on that!
If you look at the bottom of the drive that shipped with the PowerBook, you'll notice a space in the connector. The BlueSCSI should be plugged in to the side of the cable before that break.
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