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  1. penguin86

    BlueSCSI not playing nicely with Powerbook 170

    Yes, I' getting 5v at the jumper when the bluepill is powered externally. The internal power is that low only when there's the bluescsi connected, so I thought my machine wasn't able to provide enough power for the bluescsi (I read in some machines is needed to power it externally). But I seem...
  2. penguin86

    BlueSCSI not playing nicely with Powerbook 170

    Hello Eric! I made a miriad of tries in these weeks, so today I started from scratch. I can confirm the voltages are ok *if i use external power* via the bluepill usb port. In that case I have 5v on the 5v bluepill pin, 3.3 on the 3.3 and 4.9 on the TERM_PWR. If I try to power it from the SCSI...
  3. penguin86

    BlueSCSI not playing nicely with Powerbook 170

    Forgot to attach an image of the board. I have this one on hand, sorry if it's not very clear. The arrow shows the jumpers: as shown also in the schematics, there's a two pin one (JP1) and a three pin one (JP2), both labeled as "Termination".
  4. penguin86

    Working on a Thinkpad 170 and some Zimodem homebrew modems...

    Working on a Thinkpad 170 and some Zimodem homebrew modems...
  5. penguin86

    BlueSCSI not playing nicely with Powerbook 170

    Hello, complete SCSI noob here... I'm in the process of restoring a Powerbook 170. Two years ago I've got a BlueSCSI v1.1 (the STM BluePill based one) from Joe's Computer museum but I never managed to make it work. The bluescsi is the internal one, with the 2,5" SCSI connector, this one...
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