21st Century Upgrades to your Classic Macintosh!

Macintosh Librarian Episode 02:
Maccy and Ms. Fox discuss replacing a failing Hard Disk with modern technology for your retro Macintosh Computer!
We will compare and review the SCSI2SD and the Big Mess O’ Wires (BMOW) Floppy Emulator!
Stick around to the end for a little bonus :)
We hope you enjoy~!
Please subscribe for more Retro Apple and Macintosh content coming soon!
-Ms. Fox
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Links:
SCSI 2 SD adapter
www.codesrc.com...
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SCSI2SD Universal Mount (3D printed model from Thingiverse)
www.thingivers...
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The BMOW Floppy Emulator
www.bigmessowi...
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HD SD (Patched) 7.5.3 Drive Setup Application
macintoshgarde...
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CRT Discharging:
• CRT Safety - The Consu...
Macintosh Librarian (c) 2020 K. Fox
#retro #scsi2sd #Macintosh #bmow

[@ActionRetro]

Really love this fresh creative take on upgrading our favorite machines!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Thank you 🍎❤️

[@drewstemen9597]

Your videos are astoundingly well-made, particularly for such a typically-dry subject matter! This channel is awesome.

[@NiqOlasTV]

I'm a PC guy for all my life, I know literally nothing about classic macs and Apple products in general.. but I haven't seen seen aby computer-related YT channel ran in so lovely way! It's such a pleasure to watch you covering old tech in such refreshing way. Good job!

[@themediocrepretender]

Not sure if you'll see this, but I'm glad you pointed me to the FloppyEmu, i just rescued a 1987 Macintosh SE from the scrapyard and i don't exactly have access to 800k floppies, but it does have a properly working 40MB hard drive, thank the stars

[@CrazyTechReviews]

Maccy is so adorable!

[@noisesbyjames]

Those vintage 68k-based Macs were special. Thanks for making a great video.

[@lesterjargus5311]

I recently arrived at this same solution for old Windows 98 systems I have... it warms my heart to see another antiquated hardware enthusiast talking about it on KZbin.

[@lesterjargus5311]

I also like that floppy emulator, that's a nice little device.

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

A company called Red Rock Technologies makes new modern SCSI SSD drives you can jam directly in.

[@ItsTheRealMrMaD]

Thanks for the video, I loved it. I picked up a Floppy Emu bundle..I’ve never even heard about them before, but hopefully now I can breathe a little new life into my 3 old performa 630CD’s (one was my original from when I was a teen..one was a backup Quadra 630 I got off eBay like 20 years ago..and the other, I believe..I board-swapped to a 6360 Power PC) ...also my Macintosh SE, and my Power Macintosh 8600/200 tower (with AV in/out) can def use some new love as well. I haven’t messed with any of them in a long time, so it’ll be nice to re-live some old, nostalgic memories.

[@ironyfatigue]

YOOOO love to see other women into old macs!! subbed!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

More to come!

[@rosesmith9243]

Same!!!!

[@ryanweavers2922]

Loving your channel, a very fresh but informative approach and I love maccy. I am an avid Mac collector and have approximately somewhere in the region of 15- 20 Motorola 68k based macs ( I have lost count due to recent eBay orders). My favourite eBay win so far is a Macintosh Portable! I use the BMOW floppy emulator, I have used the hard disk mode to backup any macs I get working and backup any documents and programs before the hard disk potentially dies. I have also gone retro and have a box or two full of 800k disks (you can use old Amiga disks once formatted). Looking forward to the next episode.

[@hearthshade]

Wow, I learned a lot from this video. I kept an old polycarbonate MacBook to use as a server, but the idea of using VMware to host one is brilliant, wish I thought of it sooner. I love the thought of breathing new life into depreciated hardware to give it another go. Great job with this easy to understand tutorial!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Thank you so much for watching

[@hearthshade]

@@MacintoshLibrarian Thank you! In that case, I'll hang on to it for a bit longer. Maccy is super cute btw. I like how seamless the animations are and how it blends in with the real life footage.

[@jatriska]

Awesome Job Ms Fox and Maccy! I hope I can get a pair of those Maccy Earrings someday!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Hehe :)

[@Edenwaith17]

I got a Floppy Emu several years ago for some convoluted file transfer. Love that device. Great for bringing over old software and games (how about some Colossal Cave or King’s Quest?).

[@BollingHolt]

I have two SCSI2SD v5.1 adapters and two Floppy Emus. I would argue that having them both is pretty much a necessity! They make the whole experience so much easier, practical, and fun.

[@benhall3551]

This is fantastic. I've just bought the SCSI2SD adapter for my Macintosh Classic after watching this.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Glad it helped :)

[@benhall3551]

@@MacintoshLibrarian Just one thing... where can i get one of those 3D printed sleds for the SCSI2SD adapters?

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

@@benhall3551 If you dont have a 3d printer, I have seen them for sale on Etsy. This is the file I printed : www.thingiverse.com/thing:3067337

[@robbiewabisabi]

Thank you for the video! I’m considering replacing the hard drive in my 9600 tower. The scsi to sd seems like a good solution.

[@6315javis]

Your videos make me so happy. Thank you.

[@RetroTechChris]

Love the format here! And love the content. Looking forward to the next show!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

More to come!

[@RetroTechChris]

@@MacintoshLibrarian looking forward to it!

[@pacbilly]

Nice! I hope you remember us little people when you have a million subs. Currently the HD on my Mac Classic is working fine but the floppy drive needs some TLC. Boy, I sure do miss the pre OS X days. Don’t get me wrong, my daily driver is a Mac Pro and my laptop is a MacBook Pro, and I wouldn’t be without either one. But I have a lot of nostalgia for WordPerfect 3.5e on OS 9 and using Eudora for email. I still have several 3.5” floppies. I miss those days.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

The nostalgia factor is what drew me back to the vintage pre-OSX machines. Most of my gaming was done on a PC, but the Mac was always a coveted machine.

[@slowlymakingsmoke]

Just do it! Make your daily driver a classic Mac.

[@troybarnes66]

Ok 5th video in and I'm loving it!! I actually have that EMU for my all original Mac 512K I restored from a pile of e-waste.

[@VirtualRobotsRevolt]

Thanks for the amazing video. Just got both out of some confusion but relieved to see I needed both anyway.

[@--Nath--]

Nice coverage and love you are using the mac to jazz it up a bit (and show that it is actually used!). Helped me make a decision which one to get first (the emu) as I decided to get an old mac plus (which has an external HD but I'll bet will eventually fail given the age of everything). I did a bit of reading and for mac plus the scsci2sd needs some special settings apparently (as it doesn't supply enough power to run it alone). Anyhow, thanks for the video!

[@DaveAksteter]

Will you get Maccy networked at some point? What are the modern localtalk solutions for networking these days? That would certainly be another way to transfer software!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

I have some AppleTalk / Network talk things ready to go !

[@georgemaragos2378]

@@MacintoshLibrarian HAHA Yes you need to hook him up with a girl Mac

[@derekchristenson5711]

Nice reviews! I don't have a classic Mac (but I used them in middle and high school), but I do have a BMOW Floppy Emu that I use on my Apple IIe and Apple IIc. It's a great little device for sure, and I do like that I *could* use it on a classic Mac, should I ever get one. 🙂

[@argebarse]

I love this channel, and its refreshing take on vintage Macs. Also I'm really happy to see more women getting into the retro tech hobby.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Glad you like them!

[@fred.corp.8888]

I'm glad I stumbled upon this channel. I hope you'll continue to make this kind of videos ! :D

[@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs]

Good Info Great Way To Keep the old 68k Macs Running Love that Maccy

[@angrydove4067]

Great video and cute too. i am getting the SCSI2SD soon and was looking for more information on it. I already have the floppy emulator, which is invaluable.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Glad it was helpful!

[@boatofcar3273]

Great video Kate! It’s worth noting that if you have a 512k or Mac Plus, the FloppyEmu is invaluable precisely because of its hard disk function, as it allows you to load software without constantly having to mount the OS disk. I’d really like to be able to alter those images to include other games than it came with, but heretofore I’ve been unable to figure out how to do that 😕

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

I will have to make a video on making a custom HFS disk image to load your own games on to :) Thanks for the likes and the shoutouts on your podcast !

[@AmigosRetroGaming]

@@MacintoshLibrarian Yes please!

[@zevslab9780]

I've been using the external version of the SCSI2SD for a little while and my workaround for getting files from the internet onto it has been to transfer them to a disk image using Basilisk2 as my emulator, then writing that to my SD card, which erases everything and means I either have to start all over on my system 7 disk, or have two SD cards: one to boot from, get the software off of, write it to a floppy disk, and then restart the computer with another SD card, with my main OS install, and then transfer the files from the floppy disk. Way too time consuming and laborious. The Floppy EMU seems like a much better solution, so thanks for making this video! I will be taking a lot of the advice.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

I need to get myself the adapter to use the SCSI2sd as an external SCSI drive. This might make things a bit easier when I am working on newer Macs like the Performa 6200 that I have here.... I agree, the basilisk -> SD Card route is very cumbersome. In my original cut of this video, I included some more of the trials and tribulations that I had when trying to find a way to do an easy file transfer. There are definitely some creative ways 😮 haha. I am trying to see if I can get my hands on a LocalTalk to Ethernet adapter and maybe run a file server off a raspberry pi. That way I can local talk to the server and download applications from there. Maybe a future video :)

[@H3adcrash]

That's exactly the voice I'd imagine an old Macintosh to have :D Love it!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Glad you like it!

[@Djformula]

awesome video kate loving this series

[@CollinDonnell]

I love everything about this. Great job!

[@YakovGYP]

Loved this episode, great work! Maccy is adorable.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@MrXavitaker]

It's like watching Jess from New Girl install a SCSI to SD adapter on a MacIntosh. And that should be taken as a compliment

[@samuelbanya]

Great video, thanks for this!

[@szymonbroma4444]

How did you manage to put this cute talking face on the screen? Is it a post production trick, or real Mac application? I have SE FD HD and I know that my daughter should love this from the first sight :)

[@botchedrepair1542]

Quite a late anwser, but most of it is post production.

[@nil0bject]

@@botchedrepair1542 but.... how is the glare from the lights so real? my guess is hypercard or a animation program, with the keyboard behind the machine so she can press a button to trigger the next scene

[@MrVitalic85]

These videos are great!! 👌 I bet it take a lot of time to make.

[@ast3663]

great videos..funny..I really would keep the talking Maccy as a channel personality, its unique..

[@mashroob]

Dual-layer DVDs are just fine for me to store all of my system 7 software on only a few discs... although it is a bit annoying for me to constantly switch from OS 8.6 back to 7.6 whenever I want a file... (as OS 7 doesn’t read DVD discs via SCSI; at least not on my 5400/180).

[@PrimateSoul]

Fantastic

[@ABunchOfRandoms]

I love Maccy

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Thank you!

[@natedawww]

That was great!

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Thank you

[@bencheshire]

I adore this

[@patrickb.8044]

Those earrings are just perfect.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Little Maccy Earrings :)

[@JHMBB2]

id love to see something on the macintosh portable one day!

[@Stryder_The_Nite_Owl]

This is a great video. Have you tried other storage options like removable disks (Zip, Jaz, Syquest, magneto optical), or ultra 160/320 drives with SCA80 adapters ?

[@thecontentfactory8957]

Have to say, that is a very cool channel name.

[@Mr.Fahrenheit_451]

Great video!

[@samuelbanya]

Can I use the floppy emulator in a Macintosh Performa 400?

[@jblackjack]

Wonder if these upgrades would work on a MacIntosh Portable?

[@Gamerbay2017]

What is the best SCSI2SD version to use with my HD20SC? I'd use it with my Macintosh Plus

[@baloobear1976]

I really enjoy Maccy and your video! I bought a classic II . It powers up but no display. I can hear the hdd make normal spinning sounds. Is it most likely the CRT tube? And what site should I trust for a replacement? TY.

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

It is hard to diagnose the system when you only have one board. The simple answer would be to get another Classic II and swap parts to see what’s broken. Could be a bad crt or a bad analog board. Do you hear a chime on boot?

[@yorgle]

You should revisit this, now that RaSCSI and BlueSCSI are around... and inexpensive. :D

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

Right! I have both of them now, I should revisit this :)

[@krzysztofsielewicz4161]

Hi, is there any tutorial about how to set up SCSI 2 SD adapter and program the SD card with MacOS version 7?

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

This has been very handy www.savagetaylor.com/2021/01/15/system-7-1-3-editing-my-macintosh-68k-bootable-images-to-add-the-full-version-of-system-7-1-3-system-7-1-system-update-3-0/

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Very nice.

[@IrishObyrne]

Is there a way to clone the hard drive to the SD card?

[@lukedavis436]

Shame there too expensive and almost non existent in the UK so my Powebook 140 and Classic ii can't be fixed yet

[@you14johnny]

Do you maby have any idea if After Dark 2.0 will run on a Macintosh classic ?

[@AbAb-th5qe]

When's the next video coming. Can you do one on hypercard/myst?

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

I am working on the next one soon ! Yeeehaw !

[@gnokketto7423]

please share the maccay app

[@Berkner80]

Which version SCSI 2 SD adapter do I need for a LC475?

[@MacintoshLibrarian]

If you want internal. The v5.1 should be good :)

[@Berkner80]

@@MacintoshLibrarian thanks!

[@djtomoy]

Is macy from the south?

[@JonahDyer]

Kinda corny, but helpful, so I'll take it.

[@reecepeart]

Is anyone getting Abe from Abes Odyssey vibes haha 😂

[@dkhl02]

Que guapaaa

[@HometownUnicorn]

Getting big "don't hug me I'm scared" vibes off that computer.

[@EvilCoopra]

Crapintosh