Hey guys,
You may/may not be aware of the BlueSCSI project from the Mac68k forums, I just finished building and testing one and it seems to work on my Atari TT. I haven't tested my Falcon yet, I'll update the thread later with those results.
Update: I am still doing testing, is not working 100% yet as I have had a write error. It might not be the BlueSCSI being the problem though, I think my 5v rail needs adjusting as it's at 4.8v and I probably need to mess around with termination.
Update2: I can successfully copy 6000 files from IDE to BlueSCSI in TOS, but using Kobald causes the stm32 to lock up. Not sure why yet.
https://github.com/erichelgeson/BlueSCSI
You can buy in kit or fully built from the distributor here:
https://bluescsi.flamelily.co.uk/
BlueSCSI testing on Atari
- frank.lukas
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Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
900kB/Sec on the Atari TT SCSI port is slow ...
Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
Is maximum 2mb/s?
- frank.lukas
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Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
1400MB/Sec - 1500MB/Sec is the max ...
Atari Falcon has a little bit more speed but not much.
Atari Falcon has a little bit more speed but not much.
Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
@frank.lukas Okay, well the project is very new and new firmware may change the speeds. I think on a Mac they have measured speeds up to 1.5mb/s.
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Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
Yep that is slow, but it may just be early days for the project. What driver are you using? I can see it's HDDRIVER but is it the latest?
I'm now wondering it it would work on the MSTE, though I think that is limited to 1GB drives on SCSI.
I'm now wondering it it would work on the MSTE, though I think that is limited to 1GB drives on SCSI.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
@rubber_jonnie on v11.04 right now, I know there's a 11.05 tho. It's only 7gb because I created a 7gb DD image on the SD. You basically just put individual image files on the card and it populates the SCSI IDs with them, really cool and easy to configure.
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Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
Sounds cool and a project I need when I get my new workshop sorted
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
I can copy thousands of files in TOS without issue, but if I use Kobald the stm32 locks up after a few hundred files. Anyone know why this might be the case?
Re: BlueSCSI testing on Atari
Compared to a similar contraption involving the same "blue pill" plugged to ACSI that is said to reach 300kb/sec, it's quite good though.