Good Afternoon all. I have a very specific need that this forum might be able to help with. I own a Mac SE/30 and recently I've had the room at home to unpack and use it. Originally, it had a SCSI2SD but I've replaced it with a BlueSCSI Desktop with WiFi. I originally had a network card in the PDS slot but I purchased a Booster accelerator card so now the network card doesn't fit. My solution is to enable WiFi through the BlueSCSI. Also, I have a BlueSCSI external DB25 with WiFi. Side note, if an image works through an internal BlueSCSI Desktop to access the internet, will this same image also work in an BlueSCSI External DB25 without changing anything in that image?
My present issue is that I don't understand Apple's way of getting this SE/30 online using WiFi. My solution is to download and use a pre-built disk image that supports accessing the internet through the BlueSCSI. I've downloaded a lot of Mac OS System 7 and 8 images but none of them support WiFi through BlueSCSI. That surprised me as I don't think I'm asking for an exotic version of the OS. Perhaps to BlueSCSI, the hoops I have to jump through to set up WiFi in OS 7 are small and simple but it's not for me. I thought for sure the pre-built System 8.1 image would be configured to get me on-line, but I just get errors when running Netscape.
I've spoken to BlueSCSI v2 support on Discord and I'm getting all types of question about my following the instructions online. I don't understand installing Open Transport and MacTCP since I don't know what is or isn't installed in the pre-built OS image in the first place as well as matching the correct versions with the right OS. It gives me a headache. The procedure appears to me to be written for people who already knows what they are talking about, but I really don't.
So, I've said all that to simply ask if a set of Mac OS System 7 pre-built images could be made and distributed that support WiFi access through BlueSCSIs as a way to test and troubleshoot any issues if a user like me have issues. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with my BlueSCSI emulators as the log file doesn't report any issues and it's logging into my home WiFi just fine. I've got five different OS7 and 8 images available and loaded into the SE/30 without issue. It's difficult to try and send screen pictures, and text grabs to Discord. I tried it for the first time but I don't know if my pictures and text were posted.
Anyway, I hope you consider this or if these images are already built, please send me a link to see if they work for me.
Thank you for your patience and time,
Gerry
My present issue is that I don't understand Apple's way of getting this SE/30 online using WiFi. My solution is to download and use a pre-built disk image that supports accessing the internet through the BlueSCSI. I've downloaded a lot of Mac OS System 7 and 8 images but none of them support WiFi through BlueSCSI. That surprised me as I don't think I'm asking for an exotic version of the OS. Perhaps to BlueSCSI, the hoops I have to jump through to set up WiFi in OS 7 are small and simple but it's not for me. I thought for sure the pre-built System 8.1 image would be configured to get me on-line, but I just get errors when running Netscape.
I've spoken to BlueSCSI v2 support on Discord and I'm getting all types of question about my following the instructions online. I don't understand installing Open Transport and MacTCP since I don't know what is or isn't installed in the pre-built OS image in the first place as well as matching the correct versions with the right OS. It gives me a headache. The procedure appears to me to be written for people who already knows what they are talking about, but I really don't.
So, I've said all that to simply ask if a set of Mac OS System 7 pre-built images could be made and distributed that support WiFi access through BlueSCSIs as a way to test and troubleshoot any issues if a user like me have issues. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with my BlueSCSI emulators as the log file doesn't report any issues and it's logging into my home WiFi just fine. I've got five different OS7 and 8 images available and loaded into the SE/30 without issue. It's difficult to try and send screen pictures, and text grabs to Discord. I tried it for the first time but I don't know if my pictures and text were posted.
Anyway, I hope you consider this or if these images are already built, please send me a link to see if they work for me.
Thank you for your patience and time,
Gerry