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ZuluSCSI Blaster/Pico Wi-Fi Setup for DOS

This document covers requirements for use of the DaynaPORT SCSI Ethernet driver when used with MS-DOS/PC-DOS/FreeDOS

Requirements

• A ZuluSCSI Blaster with RM2 add-on module OR
• A ZuluSCSI Pico or ZuluSCSI Pico Slim, paired with a Pico W is required to utilize SCSI Ethernet emulation.
• A PC running MS-DOS, IBM PC-DOS, or FreeDOS
• A SCSI controller with an ASPI driver loaded in CONFIG.SYS. This is a hard requirement. SCSI controllers that lack an ASPI layer are not supported. All Adaptec SCSI controllers (ISA/EISA/MCA/PCI) include an ASPI driver, as well as most Future Domain ISA/EISA/MCA/PCI SCSI controllers.
• ZuluSCSI: Firmware v2026.06.12 or later
• DaynaPORT packet driver for DOS v0.7.1 or later

Expected Performance

Speed on a Pentium 133 is over 800KB/sec using a PCI SCSI card.
On a 486DX-66 with an Adaptec 1542 ISA card, it is around 400KB/sec, and on a 486 with an 8 bit Future Domain card it is approximately 200KB/sec.

Configuration

To enable a DaynaPORT SCSI Ethernet device, create an empty file on your SD card named "NEx.img", where x is the desired SCSI ID.

The Wi-Fi SSID and passphrase should be defined in your zuluscsi.ini file, using the following syntax:

[SCSI]
WiFiSSID="MyWiFi"
WiFiPassword="pass123"

Wi-Fi SSIDs and passwords with spaces must be double-quoted in the ini file, as shown in the example above.

A MAC address is automatically generated by the firmware, but if you want to specify a MAC address, you can add WiFiMACAddress=CA:FE:DE:AD:BE:EF to your zuluscsi.ini file.