Mac SE... with hard drive, network card???

[Michael_b]

Just nabbed this Mac SE off local craigslist. 

When I got home, noticed something interesting - looks like some network card. Looks exactly like an Asante Maccon for the SE/30, can’t find any that look like this for the SE.

Makes a beep when I turn it on. I can hear a hard drive spin up as well. Nothing comes on the screen (I checked brightness control). Screen doesn’t seem to turn on at all. It seems like it’s booting up based on the hard disk read activity but I can’t tell for sure, obviously... 

any insights as to network card, no display?

 

[unity]

Ummm...open it up? You have to in order to fix the display anyway. Then simply ID the card.

 

[Michael_b]

Ummm...open it up? You have to in order to fix the display anyway. Then simply ID the card.

Yeah, I wasn't sure I had a long enough screwdriver... but I do!

The hard drive is a Seagate ST-325N, looks like a 20MB disk. 

Pretty obvious why the CRT is not turning on... really hoping it isn't cracked. 

How do I reattach this without damaging myself or the glass? I know the CRT in these isn't lethal, but I don't want to get shocked either way. Also don't know how easy it is to break the glass nipple. 

Card is a Maccon of some sort. 

 

[Solvalou]

The board that sits on the back of the CRT has come away. You should not be able to see the set of pins that are on the back of the tube. That white circular thing on the board is like a plug. The good news is that all you got to do is just marry up the pins on the back of the tube to the white plug on that board so the board sits vertically behind the tube.

Don't use too much pressure, just a light to moderate press and it should slide back into the socket.

Just be careful not to touch anything on the CRT that you don't need to! You might not think it's "lethal" but I assure you it can be!

 

[Michael_b]

The board that sits on the back of the CRT has come away. You should not be able to see the set of pins that are on the back of the tube. That white circular thing on the board is like a plug. The good news is that all you got to do is just marry up the pins on the back of the tube to the white plug on that board so the board sits vertically behind the tube.

Don't use too much pressure, just a light to moderate press and it should slide back into the socket.

Just be careful not to touch anything on the CRT that you don't need to! You might not think it's "lethal" but I assure you it can be!

Yeah that board stuck out like a sore thumb!

I pushed it in a little but didn't want to push too hard. Does it need to go in further? I'm just paranoid about breaking the glass underneath the board. 

 

[Michael_b]

Pushed it in all the way, powered on, it works!!! No time to go exploring now but I'm ecstatic!

 

[unity]

Thats an Asante MacCon Network Card. I have had a few but only for the SE/30, not SE. I would take a peak at the motherboard. The machine has already had one upgrade, the hard drive.

Edit: I see no vertical card in the slot, so it may be an SE board then as many cards were horizontal. This was because Apple did not put a hole in the frame for vertical cards, at least not until the SE/30 came out then they used the same frame now with a hole for vertical cards. You have that updated frame.

 

[PB145B]

Very nice! I’ve also got a dual floppy SE FDHD with an aftermarket adapter to let it take a hard drive as well. Pretty nifty to have dual floppies and a hard drive in one box.

 

[Solvalou]

That's a nice set-up. Test the floppy drives with some HD disks that are known working. Be sure to use disks you don't care about because they might get damaged if there are issues with the drives. Same goes for using unknown condition disks as the reverse could happen!

 

[ClassicMac]

How much was it ?