I recently acquired an external 25-PIN V2 BlueSCSI with WiFi from ToTs Retro. I'm having a couple of issues with it and I'm not on Discord and I can't find my issue in the troubleshooting guide.
Two main issues:
First Issue - It won't recognize any other format of disk image than a hard drive. It only sees HD0, HD1, etc. Won't recognize FD, CD, or any other "D".
Secont Issue - I can't install DaynaPORT. Followed all the instructions here: https://bluescsi.com/docs/WiFi-DaynaPORT but to no avail. Software just simply can't detect the Wifi. I have flashed the latest firmware, and I have put in the bluescsi.ini file into the root directory with the following text (with, of course, my home wifi info):
[SCSI]
WiFiSSID=MyWiFi
WiFiPassword=pass123
Have not added this optional text:
# Optional - Each Pico-W will generate its own MAC address, so only add this if needed.
# WiFiMACAddress=00:80:19:C0:FF:EE
Even if I got the WiFiSSID and WiFiPassword wrong, or didn't have the bluescsi.ini file on my SD card, I would imaginge that DaynaPORT install would see it.
Despite manually installing DaynaPort (even though the BlueSCSI couldn't be seen), I configured MAC TCP per the instructions. I ensured that file was in the boot System folder. I run MAC TCP Ping and it says MAC TCP isn't installed or some other similar retort.
Also tried running Black Night with and without the CQ II BBS config version, but no connection. Tried running "Internet Config" from Black Night and that module "wasn't available".
Argh!
Can you provide the full log?
Mac's dont support SCSI floppy drives, thats why FD didnt work.
Depending on the CD and extensions and model will determine if CD's will work.
You'll need a file like "NE4.hda" to be the Network Adapter on SCSI ID 4 - just a blank file is fine - log will tell you that as well.
hth
-eric
Still not quite there. I was missing the ND4.hda file but I added it and no difference. Didn't know about the floppy limitation. That sucks. Wonder why it's not footnoted in the documentation?
So, yes, still in the same boat. Added the ND4 file and repeated the install process to no avail....
Well fart... IDK if I named it ND4 or NE4.hda.... 10 hours 'til I'm home to check. :P
Well once you're home and validate, if you still are having issues please first post the full log.
If there's anything you find could be called out better in the docs please feel free to update, it's a wiki!
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This is the log.txt file from my BlueSCSI. I have removed the file, added the NE4.hda blank file to the SD, put it back on my Mac SE, rebooted and still get teh following log:
Platform: BlueSCSI (Pico2/W)
FW Version: 2026.04.27-rel Apr 28 2026 00:34:35
Flash chip size: 4096 kB
=== Bootloader Log ===
[0ms] Bootloader version: Apr 28 2026 00:34:19 BlueSCSI
[0ms] Looking for firmware: BlueSCSI_Pico_2_DaynaPORT*.bin
[41ms] Bootloader continuing to main firmware
=== End Bootloader Log ===
Reclock Pico 2/2W based boards to standardized speed
Initial Clock set to 150MHz
Reclocking the MCU to 155MHz
Setting the SDIO clock to 26MHz
After reclocking, system reports clock set to 155MHz
=== SD Card Info ===
SD card detected, FAT32 volume size: 15192 MB
SD Name: SD, MID: 0xFE, OID: "42" (0x34 0x32)
=== Global Config ===
Reading configuration from bluescsi.ini
=== Finding images ===
=== Finding images in / ===
== Opening /HD0-OpenRetroSCSI-7.1.hda for ID:0 LUN:0
---- Configuring as disk drive
== Opening /HD1 BlueSCSI Bootstrap.hda for ID:1 LUN:0
---- Configuring as disk drive
== Platform supports ROM drive up to 2848 kB
=== Configured SCSI Devices ===
ID: 0, BlockSize: 512, Type: Fixed, Quirks: Apple, Size: 512000kB
ID: 1, BlockSize: 512, Type: Fixed, Quirks: Apple, Size: 524336kB
Clock set to: 155MHz
Initialization complete!
Disabling status LED
INFO: Pico Voltage: 3.307V.
NE4.hda file isn't showing up. No idea why.