JT737
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I picked this up off of Buyee/yahoo Japan a few days ago. I put a sniper bid on it, expecting not to win....but by some miracle I did.
Like most of us that look for SE/30's, what drew my eye to this machine was the fact that it had a video connector sticking out the back. Of course you never know what kind of video card you might get....but that's all part of the fun I suppose!
The first thing that I will say: I am really impressed by how well the folks at the Buyee warehouse packed this machine for shipping. Great care was taken to insure that it traveled from Japan to the U.S. intact...A fact all of us here can appreciate!
The machine itself was wrapped in multiple layers of bubble wrap, and then it was encased in what looks like a custom made foam packing. Very impressive.
In the auction the machine was never pictured powered up, so I figured like most SE/30's that I have bought that this one too would not work. Imagine my surprise when I plugged it in and powered it up...and it worked pretty much flawlessly! This is combined with the fact that this SE/30 has probably the mintiest looking case that I have ever seen; absolutely no retrobriting will be required!
There are some pretty cool programs on here that I am going to try to save-it looks like, once upon a time, someone might have used this machine to write/produce music. Also, I love the cool looking icons!
And of course, I realize that I should replace the caps on this board ASAP, and I hope to do getting around to doing this in the next few weeks.
Like most of us that look for SE/30's, what drew my eye to this machine was the fact that it had a video connector sticking out the back. Of course you never know what kind of video card you might get....but that's all part of the fun I suppose!
The first thing that I will say: I am really impressed by how well the folks at the Buyee warehouse packed this machine for shipping. Great care was taken to insure that it traveled from Japan to the U.S. intact...A fact all of us here can appreciate!
The machine itself was wrapped in multiple layers of bubble wrap, and then it was encased in what looks like a custom made foam packing. Very impressive.
In the auction the machine was never pictured powered up, so I figured like most SE/30's that I have bought that this one too would not work. Imagine my surprise when I plugged it in and powered it up...and it worked pretty much flawlessly! This is combined with the fact that this SE/30 has probably the mintiest looking case that I have ever seen; absolutely no retrobriting will be required!
There are some pretty cool programs on here that I am going to try to save-it looks like, once upon a time, someone might have used this machine to write/produce music. Also, I love the cool looking icons!
And of course, I realize that I should replace the caps on this board ASAP, and I hope to do getting around to doing this in the next few weeks.
