SCSI2Pi 5.0 is available, with SCSI-to-USB bridge and more

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SCSI2Pi 5.0 is available.

The most important changes in this version:

- New device type SCSG, with support for a SCSI-to-USB bridge. The bridge supports any SCSI command, not only those emulated by s2p. You can make use of IDE and SATA devices with USB-to-IDE/SATA adapters. With some drives you can even burn CDs/DVDs, a Performa630 can use USB sticks, and much more.
- s2pexec and s2pdump now also support devices which are managed by the Linux SG driver, e.g. USB/IDE/SATA drives. For these devices no Pi is required, i.e. you can use s2pexec and s2pdump on any Linux platform.
- s2psimh tool for the analysis and creation of SIMH-compatible image files. This tool runs on any Linux/BSD platform and on macOS.
- s2pformat tool for formatting floppy disks or other media, e.g. in USB drives. This tool runs on any Linux platform.
- Extended streamer support, e.g. of SIMH-compatible tape image files, filemarks, spacing, variable block sizes, ...
- Tape dump/restore support. With s2pdump you can convert any tape into a SIMH-compatible image file and vice versa.
- s2p can create command scripts for s2pexec. You can record sequences of SCSI commands sent by a driver, e.g. for analyzing problems.
- The maximum number of data bytes to log is configurable.

With a single external hardware an Atari now has access to emulated hard drives, MO drives, CD-ROM drives, streamers, printers, network adapters, real USB drives and a realtime clock. Image files are simply copied to the Pi via the network and can be managed with the SCSI Control app, a web interface or on the command line.