SCSI2SD is a modern, solid-state replacement for failed or failing single ended SCSI hard drives. It allows the use of vintage computer hardware long after their mechanical drives fail. The use of SD memory cards solves the problem of transferring data between the vintage computer and a modern PC.
In-built active terminator.
Emulates up to 4 SCSI devices
Supports sector sizes from 64 bytes to 8192 bytes
Firmware updatable over USB
Highly configurable over USB
Selectable SCSI ID
Selectable parity support
Enable/disable Unit Attention Condition
Artificial limits on the SCSI disk size (eg. limit size to 4G to avoid OS bugs)
Sector size (can also be set via the SCSI MODE SELECT command, as sent by SCSI format utilities).
- SCSI Interface
- SCSI-2 Narrow 8-bit 50-pin connector. Supports asynchronous transfers only.
- Micro SD Card Interface
- Standard microSDSC (1GB maximum size)
- microSDHC, microSDXC (200+ gigabytes tested)
- Communication is via the SPI protocol at 25MHz.
- USB Interface (firmware updates and config)
- USB 2.0 micro-B
- Power
- 5V via standard floppy-style "Berg" connector
- USB or self-powered using the SCSI host termination power. (All V5.x variants, V5.0, V5.1, V5.2, V5.5)
As currently implemented:
Tested with a 16GB class 10 SD card, via the commands:
WRITE TEST
sudo dd bs=${SIZE} count=100 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX oflag=dsync
READ TEST
sudo dd bs=${SIZE} count=100 if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/null