BlueSCSI Images

Macintosh

Premade Images

Premade images are handy to just drop onto your SD card and go. Use one of these methods on your modern machine to transfer files & software from places like the Macintosh Garden or Macintosh Repository to your vintage mac.

Create your own custom disk images with Disk Jockey
A collection of blanks, premade, and bootstrap images - https://mega.nz/folder/8hA3AQCJ#pWUq92L70yDXlogy9lk5Dg
If you’d like to use the image with an emulator checkout the Emulators page.
A nice image that works with the Mac Plus with 1000 apps/games - MacPack
- Remember the Mac Plus needs a special bluescsi.ini setting to work - see the Compatibility page.

Known good Macintosh Bootable CD images

Apple Legacy Recovery CD

Bootable System folder is 7.6

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/apple-legacy-software-recovery-cd (#1)
- Contains installers from System 6 through Mac OS 8.1 and various Apple software and tools

Mac OS CD Installers

7.1, 7.5, 9.0 - Looking for bootable copies.
7.6.1
8.0
8.1
8.5
8.6
9.1 #1 MacOS91CD.ZIP - 232b183883d5ecd4952014d58ce2b85d
Mac OS 9.2.2 Universal
- http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=2109.0
- https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-os-922-universal

Other Systems

Apple IIe (PDS Card for Macintosh)

Total Replay, Instant Replay, and ProDOS 5

https://mega.nz/folder/8hA3AQCJ#pWUq92L70yDXlogy9lk5Dg/folder/gsokHTRC

Apple IIGS

GS/OS 6.0.1 and 6.0.4

https://mega.nz/folder/8hA3AQCJ#pWUq92L70yDXlogy9lk5Dg/folder/o8ZCwDwL

PC Compatible

These images are preloaded with:
* DOS 6.2.2
* Windows for Workgroups 3.11
* Open source CDROM/Mouse drivers
Drivers are included for the vast majority of Adaptech ISA, VLB, and PCI cards up to the Ultra 2 Wide series. The CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files are commented as well should you wish to fine tune/remove excess drivers. Drivers for more cards are in the works.

Sharp X68000

Sharp X68000 SxSI-SCSI HDD Image v2.10 by incrediblehark: https://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7231.0

A/UX

A/UX 3.1.1

AUX_3_1_1GB_Use_In_Shoebill.zip
- https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/aux-apple-unix-68k-version-301-31-update #4
- Use the image found in the AUX_3_1_1GB_Use_In_Shoebill.zip download. Rename the image file based on the BlueSCSI instructions.
- Note you must have a machine compatible with A/UX

If you have other known good images that work with BlueSCSI please add them here!

Custom Disk Images with Disk Jockey

Disk Jockey is a free application for macOS and Windows that allows you to create disk images of any size. It can create simple disk images, and more complex ones with multiple partitions (HFS and ProDOS).

Custom Disk Images (Advanced)

You can also create empty disk images on the command line.

The following instructions demonstrates the process using dd on a modern Mac:

Open terminal.
The following command will create a blank disk image. You can modify the command to suit your use.
- dd if=/dev/zero of=example.hda bs=1m count=500
- NOTE: On Linux systems, if you receive the error dd: invalid number: '1m', you need to capitalize the ‘m’.
  - Example: dd if=/dev/zero of=example.hda bs=1M count=500
- The count field defines the number of megabytes (bs=1m) the total disk image should be.
- The output file from the command is “example.hda”. This can be changed in the of=example.hda field.
Place the new blank disk image in the root directory of your SD card.

For windows, use this. No need to install, navigate to the folder and execute command in CMD. Your total disk size would be bs*count.

Format HFS for Macs

If you do not already have a tool to format SCSI drives, download Apple HD SC Setup.
NOTE: You can use an emulator such as Basilisk II to move files to the image to prepare your installation, but not to format.
After booting into your target machine with the working Mac OS disk image on your BlueSCSI from step 3, format the blank disk.

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