• AzulSCSI

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 26 07:13:14 2022
    https://azulscsi.com/

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 26 07:15:25 2022
    https://azulscsi.com/aboutazul/

    About AzulSCSI firmware

    The AzulSCSI firmware looks for file names which adhere to a simple but powerful naming convention, and presents them as the drives to the SCSI
    host. Each image file represents a SCSI drive.

    As with SCSI2SD, AzulSCSI is designed to power itself solely from SCSI termination power, with no separate power source needed, when the host device/computer provides SCSI termination power. Nearly all desktop
    Macintosh computers do, as well as the vast majority of other desktop
    systems with SCSI interfaces.

    AzulSCSI V1.1 includes an optional DB25 pin header for direct
    installation of an external SCSI connector, in addition to the
    Single-Ended 50 pin IDC connector. The AzulSCSI V1.1 shares the exact
    same dimensions and mounting holes as that of SCSI2SD V5.1, V5.2, and
    V6, and is therefore compatible with many existing SCSI2SD-V5.1, V5.2,
    and V6 mounting solutions.

    Maximum read speeds with AzulSCSI V1.1 can be up to 3.9
    megabytes/second, and maximum write speeds of ~2.1 megabytes/second are currently implemented. Throughpout rates can be affected by particularly
    slow (eg. 8MHz 68000) CPUs. SCSI controllers can be, and often are, bottlenecks. Since AzulSCSI uses the same SCSI command handling code as
    SCSI2SD V6, compatibility with nearly all devices that speak both SCSI-1
    and SCSI-2 is extremely high.

    Termination is DIP-switch controlled, and firmware updates are as simple
    as placing a file on a FAT32 or exFAT-formatted SD card, inserting it in
    the SD card slot, and applying power to the AzulSCSI. A firmware
    recovery mechanism is also provided, as a back-up.

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