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Archive for the ‘Raspberry Pi’ Category

GitHub – PiSCSI/piscsi: PiSCSI allows a Raspberry Pi to function as emulated SCSI devices (hard disk, CD-ROM, and others) for vintage SCSI-based computers and devices. This is a fork of the RaSCSI project by GIMONS.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/08

Cool (and available both for regular Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Zero):

[Wayback/Archive] GitHub – PiSCSI/piscsi: PiSCSI allows a Raspberry Pi to function as emulated SCSI devices (hard disk, CD-ROM, and others) for vintage SCSI-based computers and devices. This is a fork of the RaSCSI project by GIMONS.

I wonder how it compares feature wise and performance wise to [Wayback/Archive] BlueSCSI (which is Raspberry Pi Pico based, see [Wayback/Archive] index – BlueSCSI v2 Documentation, and now has a [Wayback/Archive] BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory – joshua stein which is open source at [Wayback/Archive] jcs/wifi_da – BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory for classic Mac OS – AmendHub and important to for instance [Wayback/Archive] Adding Wi-Fi to the Macintosh Portable – joshua stein).

Via [Wayback/Archive] The RaSCSI is MAGIC for Old Macs (and Much More!) – YouTube

More links:

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Posted in Apple, Classic Macintosh, Development, Hardware Development, Hardware Interfacing, Macintosh SE/30, Power User, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Pico, Retrocomputing, RP2040, SCSI, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »

Some notes on mini/micro Apple //e emulators

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/30

Retro computing is wildly popular, and with the rise of low cost single-board computers (SBCs for short), both Apple //e and ][+ emulators plus extension cards have proliferated,  based on Raspberry Pi (or even their RP2040 microcontroller based Pico), ESP32 or predecessor ESP8266 microcontrollers and others.

Some links for my archive:

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Posted in //e, Apple, Development, Emulators, ESP32, ESP8266, Hardware Development, Power User, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Pico, Retrocomputing, Software Development | Tagged: , , , | Leave a Comment »

Hans Otten @hansotten@mastodon.social on X: “PiDP-11/70 with a real PDP-11 CPU, a DCJ11-AF”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/14

Where old history meets modern history: [Wayback/Archive] Hans Otten @hansotten@mastodon.social on X: “PiDP-11/70 with a real PDP-11 CPU, a DCJ11-AF”

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Posted in Development, Power User, History, Hardware Development, Emulators, Raspberry Pi | Leave a Comment »

I’m not the only one storing tech gadgets in flight cases (:

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/09/05

It was about 2 years ago that Jilles reminded me I had a flight case with gadgets too.

Back when I assembled it in 2018, I had big plans for showing private “cloud” container experimentation and gadget stuff at conferences. Then 2019 kicked in with rectum cancer.

So it was good that he helped me motivating to get it working again, especially as the time around assembling it so much fun and working on it brought back those days.

Here are the pictures:

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Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Cloud, Cloud Development, Containers, Debian, Development, Docker, GL-AR300M, GL.iNet, Hardware Development, Infrastructure, Kubernetes (k8n), Linux, openSuSE, Power User, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, Software Development, SuSE Linux | Leave a Comment »

Downloads: North Pi 3D Files — Fractal Design

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/07

Since a few weeks, you can now download the [Wayback/Archive] North Pi 3D Files — Fractal Design

The concept North Pi created for Computex 2024 is now available to download as 3D-print files

  • [Wayback] 3D Print Files
  • [Wayback/Archive] Instrunctions [Wayback PDF View/PDF View]

    Required hardware

    • 3D Printer or access to 3D printing service.
    • Screws:
      • 13 x M2.5 threaded inserts, outer diameter 3.5 mm (other diameter will require altering the holes for the inserts) + tools for inserting them.
      • 9 x M2.5×4 (-6) for case assembly.
      • 4 x M2.5×4 (-6) or stand-offs for motherboard assembly.
    • Screwdriver.
    • Glue.

    Optional hardware

    • File or sanding paper for cleaning up print.
    • Wood strips (for authentic look) and shaping tools for those
    • 2 x 40 mm fans (max 10 mm thick). Check the documentation of your specific SBC on what voltage to use.
    • Paint and paintbrush/airbrush.

This was after a few other people recreated Pi cased in the style of the North Pi:

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Posted in 3D printing, Development, Hardware Development, Power User, Raspberry Pi | Leave a Comment »

Need to give this some thought: Poor Man’s Auto Update. by Chris Bensen | by Chris Bensen

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/23

Sometimes you need a relatively low-tech solution for updating.

I will need to give this some thought: [Wayback/Archive] Poor Man’s Auto Update. by Chris Bensen | by Chris Bensen | Jun, 2022 | Medium

Back then I posted some edits on Twitter which by now should be reflected in the script and GitHub repository at [Wayback/Archive] chris-blogs/PoorManAutoUpdate.md at main · chrisbensen/chris-blogs (with script at [Wayback/Archive] chris-blogs/updater.sh at main · chrisbensen/chris-blogs)

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Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, cron, Development, Hardware Development, Linux, Power User, Python, Raspberry Pi, Scripting, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Cool dphacks.com Raspberry #CM4 carrier board with Ethernet and NVME

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/03

Another thing to try: [Wayback/Archive] makerbymistake on Twitter: “Can’t help myself and have to post more pics of this thing. Cheers to @Raspberry_Pi for providing great documentation on how to make a #CM4 carrier board. Thanks to so many folks that shared their designs also. So many more ideas in my head, so little time.”

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Ivan Kuleshov on GitHub – Uptime-Lab/KVM-rack-stand-for-16-Mac-minis

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/04/11

In-rackIf you ever need a large bunch of Mac minis in a data center, then start reading at [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – Uptime-Lab/KVM-rack-stand-for-16-Mac-minis.

The repository by Ivan Kuleshov has all information you need, including scripts for Pi-KVM, and 3D printing STL source files.

It was covered in [Wayback/Archive] The MagPi issue 139 — The MagPi magazine (direct [Wayback/Archive] MagPi139.pdf; it’s too large for [Wayback] Goole Docs on-line viewing).

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Posted in Development, Hardware, Hardware Development, KVM keyboard/video/mouse, PiKVM / Pi-KVM, Raspberry Pi | Leave a Comment »

Some links to investigate a Raspberry Pi system failing on an SD card that got bad

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/03/22

–jeroen

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Some links on e-Ink displays and Raspberry Pi or ESP32

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/23

For my link archive:

–jeroen

Posted in Development, ESP32, Hardware Development, Hardware Interfacing, HDMI, Raspberry Pi | Leave a Comment »