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Supported Device Types

Uwe Seimet edited this page Oct 17, 2023 · 7 revisions

Overview

This page summarizes the emulated device supported by PiSCSI, with notes on compatibility and device drivers for various platforms. When emulating devices PiSCSI is working in SCSI Target Mode, but with the FULLSPEC board it also supports SCSI Initiator Mode. The scsidump tool operates in initiator mode.

Device Types

Device Key Supported Platforms Notes
Hard Disk Drive SCHD all
CD/DVD Drive SCCD all The Apple CD-ROM drivers in combination with PiSCSI is known to lead to incompatibility with particular ISO images
Removable Disk Drive SCRM all* *Functionality may depend on INQUIRY masquerading and proprietary device drivers, f.e. Iomega Floptical
Magneto-Optical Drive SCMO NeXT, X68000, Atari ST/TT/Falcon, etc.
DaynaPORT SCSI/Link SCDP Macintosh, Atari ST/TT/Falcon Requires device drivers
Host Bridge SCBR X68000 Enables ethernet networking and mounting a remote file system. Requires device drivers
Host Services SCHS Atari ST/TT/Falcon Enables remote control of the PiSCSI. Requires device drivers
Printer SCLP Atari ST/TT/Falcon Requires device drivers

Image Types

This describes the file endings that PiSCSI will recognize automatically, with usage notes. For non-recognized image types, you will have to specify the device type to use it as when attaching.

Image Type File ending Usage notes
SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, non-removable) hds SCSI-2 compliant
SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, non-removable, SCSI-1) hd1 SCSI-1 compatible
SCSI Hard Disk image (Apple compatible) hda Improves compatibility with Apple Macintosh computers
SCSI Hard Disk image (NEC compatible) hdn Improves compatibility with NEC PC-98 computers
SCSI Hard Disk image (Anex86 proprietary) hdi Recognizes special headers that are created by the Anex86 PC-98 emulator
SCSI Hard Disk image (T98Next proprietary) nhd Recognizes special headers that are created by the T98Next PC-98 emulator
SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, removable) hdr Can be used with SCSI floppy drives, SyQuest drives, Zip drives, etc.
SCSI Magneto-Optical image (generic, removable) mos Typically used with NeXT computers, as well as Japanese home computers such as X68000, etc.
SCSI CD-ROM or DVD-ROM image (ISO 9660 image) iso May contain ISO extensions such as HFS, Joliet, Rock Ridge, etc.
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