BlueSCSI<p>New <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BlueSCSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSCSI</span></a> release <a href="https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/releases/tag/v2025.07.07" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v</span><span class="invisible">2/releases/tag/v2025.07.07</span></a></p><p>Highlights:<br>* USB<>SCSI Bridge<br>* USB Thumb Drive Mode<br>* SD Bootloader<br>* 200MHz default<br>* Auto Buttons on all HW<br>* FAST20 speed<br>* Interactive console</p><p>I'll highlight a few of them in this post:</p><p>USB<>SCSI Bridge</p><p>If you were holding on to those rare and expensive USB<>SCSI bridges for your retirement fund, sorry! Now your BlueSCSI can do it with a one line config. </p><p>First person to boot Windows off a Quantum Fireball SCSI drive over this gets a prize!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/wiki/USB-Bridge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v</span><span class="invisible">2/wiki/USB-Bridge</span></a></p><p>USB Thumb Drive Mode</p><p>It's sometimes annoying to pull out the SD card when you want to edit a config file or copy a small file over - now BlueSCSI acts like a USB thumb drive when connected to a computer and will present the SD card or even the Images to the modern PC.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/wiki/USB-Thumb-Drive-Mode" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v</span><span class="invisible">2/wiki/USB-Thumb-Drive-Mode</span></a></p><p>SD card bootloader</p><p>Ya, we let this one go too long, had a bug and wanted to re-do the entire thing but we ended up just adding it back. Update by placing a bin on the sd card.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/wiki/Updating-Firmware#sd-card-methodFirmware#sd-card-method" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v</span><span class="invisible">2/wiki/Updating-Firmware#sd-card-methodFirmware#sd-card-method</span></a></p><p>200MHz default</p><p>The Pi Foundation said 200MHz is good and so many project already OverClock way beyond that, we thought we'd catch up now too. Can clock up to 250MHz now too for FAST20 support - up to 18MB/Sec</p><p><a href="https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/wiki/Ultra-SCSI-Fast20-OverClock" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v</span><span class="invisible">2/wiki/Ultra-SCSI-Fast20-OverClock</span></a></p><p>Auto Buttons on all HW</p><p>Ever wanted a button to eject your CD or removable media? Well now you can add it to every hardware rev and no configuration is required!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/wiki/Buttons" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v</span><span class="invisible">2/wiki/Buttons</span></a></p><p>Lastly this one is mostly for developers (for now) but an interactive console - just type 'h' when connected via a USB Serial program</p><p>There's lots more - checkout the release notes! /🧵</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SCSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCSI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vintagemac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagemac</span></a></p>