On Jul 7, 2020, at 12:24 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 7/7/2020 1:02 PM, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: >> I run a SCSI2SD on my A2500 with whatever SCSI card it has by default. The >> only issue that I have is the SCSI2SD boots slower than the Amiga, so when I >> power on the Amiga I have to wait a few seconds then do the A+A+Control >> reboot three finger salute (or whatever it is.) Before it's ready the Amiga >> just sits at a white screen forever, but after a reboot the SCSI2SD is ready >> and it boots fine. >> > What version of the SCSD2SD V5 do you have? The V5.1 was reworked to boot > faster (so claims the site here > <http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php/SCSI2SD#Which_version_should_you_buy_.3F> > ) and the V6 boots even faster I believe.
I was wondering about this myself. >> It would be nice if the SCSI2SD was mounted on a expansion cover plate >> though, with the LEDs visible and the SD card accessible externally. >> > That's how I them mounted in my MicroVAX 3100 and AlphaServer DS10. On the > Alphaserver I bought the 3.5" bracket and replaced the floppy disk with it. > On the MicroVAX I used the same 3.5" bracket and mounted it in a 5.25" to > 3.5" bracket with a homemade baseplate. > > SCSI2SD mounting bracket: > <https://store.inertialcomputing.com/product-p/scsi2sd-v5.1-v6-bracket-black.htm> Is Inertial Computing a good place to buy from? I was looking at their website. It looks like the latest v6 might be the way to go for Amiga, VAX, and Alpha. With v5.1 making more sense for my PDP-11/73, due to cost, it’s not like I’m going to get 10MB/sec on a Q-Bus backplane. :-) Zane
