13 Sep
2005
13 Sep
'05
4:59 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: Various Macs for Sale
On 9/12/05, Scott Stevens <chenmel at
earthlink.net> wrote:
I have atleast 4 sets of 4 x 16MB 30 pin SIMMs (all are in my 3 Quadra
950's). They are not that rare, but are expensive to buy (something like $45
a set of 4 any day on ebay). I would be thrilled to find a stack of those
SIMMs cheap somewhere since I need more memory for my two Radius Rockets (8x
30 pin each). I try to loadup my Macs with ram so that I don't have to use
virtual memory at all (speeds things up), its also good to give web browsers
extra ram to use.
The SE/30 is also nice
because you can put a lot more memory in it than any other 'classic'
Mac. 32 megs is trivial, and if you chase down 30 pin 16M SIMMs you can
put 128 Megs in an SE/30.
I've had an SE/30 for about 10 years (it was the first Mac I've owned
with a SuperDrive), but I've never been able to lay my hands on any 30
pin 16MB SIMMs... they are rarer than 72 pin 36-bit 32MB SIMMs for
sun4m machines (SPARCclassic, LX) - _those_ I've been able to track
down to max out an LX or two.
At least one doesn't _need_ 128MB on a 68K Mac running MacOS, unless
you are doing a lot of Photoshop work - then, I'd recommend a newer
machine anyway, one with color, like a Mac IIci w/cache card.
-ethan