BlueSCSI v2 - DaynaPORT WiFi!

[Glacier]

Greetings
My Mac Plus 4MB arrives tomorrow. Preparatory research is telling me to "BlueSCSI it!". Someone recommended getting the external version, suggesting that WiFi reception would be better than the internal model. I prefer the internal and intend to add the "clipper" attachment cable for same.
What say you all? IS WiFi signal impaired inside the case? Would I be better off with the external version? If I go internal, is there a way to add an antenna to the BlueSCSI should I need to?
Many thanks.
Glacier

 

[djc6]

I haven't had any problems with reception and BlueSCSI DaynaPORT Wifi, but my SE/30 is in the same room as my router. How far are you from your router?

 

[AlexMac]

WiFi reception will be better outside the case. From my experience the external BlueSCSI is more practical, especially if you have more than one Mac. On the other hand it is cleaner to have it internal and if you make the SD card slot available externally one bigger downside dissolves (having to open the Mac case if you want to change something). Performance internal vs. external should be the same on an old Mac. If I recall correctly, that changes with later models.

 

[Glacier]

the router is 10-12 feet and behind an uninsulated wall from where the Plus will be. All my other WiFi enabled machines work just fine at 2.4 and 5 GHz. My wife's machine is 50 feet and three walls away and she has no problem either. I won't be using the BlueSCSI on any other machine, thus the lean to putting it under the hood.
Thanks for your responses, guys.

 

[AlexMac]

Then you should go for the cleaner internal solution. Please share your experience if the reception is good and have a lot of fun with your 'new' Mac Plus. Such a nice machine!

 

[Glacier]

Thanks for your prompting. I may wait a little bit to dive into all things Plus. Sitting on my desk right now is a SATA to IDE converter card and an SSD to replace the hard drive in my iBook G3 900 14". I am LOVING this six pound notebook (about the same as my 2025 MacBook Pro.) That will be a chore, having to dig through almost every component to get to the drive. I wonder if the Apple guys put the drive on the floor, then built the rest of the iBook around it. (Reminds me of my old Volvos, the 24X series. Replacing the heater motor involved a full day's mechanic's skill.)

 

[AlexMac]

Haha, yes. I never opened one of these iBooks personally. Just a few Titanium and Aluminum PowerBooks. What I had to do is crack open the SSD enclosure as the whole SSD would never fit into the case when used with the IDE converter. But that was no problem after initial hesitation. The actual SSD was much shorter than I had expected. Good luck