24 Oct
2000
24 Oct
'00
5:19 a.m.
Hello,
OK... smiley aside... why the SE/30? I happen to have
one that I
replaced with the Quadra 605. As far as B&W Macs go, it seems
quite nice. Unfortunately for me, I have a couple of SE Ethernet
cards, but none for the inside of the SE/30. I have to use my
only SCSI<->Ethernet adapter with it.
I like the SE/30 for a number of reasons. One is the original compact form
factor, other reasons include:
Memory expansion. The SE/30 has eight (8) sockets for 30pin SIMMS. I have
heard that the hardware will support 128MB of RAM, but I have never seen a
single-height 16MB 30pin SIMM in my life. I populate mine with 4MB SIMMS, for
32MB of RAM total.
CPU/FPU compliment. The 68030+68882 FPU combination is pretty quick in MacOS
7.X, and allows one to run the *nix like OSes like NetBSD or Linux.
SCSI. Sure it's like a belly button on a Mac, but gosh is it ever nice.
1.44MB Superdrive. better capacity and PC compatability. Mmmmm.
Fan. It has one.
ADB keyboard & mouse. The SE/30 has two (2) ADB ports.
Now this is a rumor that I read on lowendmac.com - but it's been said that you
can replace the SE/30 ROMs with ROMs from a IIsi, which will allow the SE/30 to
run 32bit clean with no extensions. Apparently other fixes also. Can anyone
confirm or deny this? Might someone be willing to supply me with a IIsi or set
of IIsi ROM images so I can burn a set, try it out and report back?
--
Bill Layer
Sales Technician
<b.layer(a)vikingelectronics.com>
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