MinerAl
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Decoded the serial # on the back-bucket of one of my SE/30s. It says it is a M5010 (regular SE) that shipped with 2 floppies, but the front fascia and lobo are clearly an SE/30's. So, just a mixed up bucket, right? But the big model identifier sticker on the back is the official SE/30 sticker, in the right place and everything. When I looked closely at the sticker though I could read the SE's "1 Mbyte RAM, Two 800k Drives" text ghosting through from the original sticker beneath it.
Was this the standard operating procedure for upgrading from an SE to an SE/30 back in the day?
I guess I'm surprised they replaced the whole front fascia plastic piece as well as the lobo. I can see the big back-sticker and maybe a "/30" sticker for the front, but they went all out with this upgrade.
Kind of a fun find. Oh, the long and interesting lives these machines lived before I met them
Was this the standard operating procedure for upgrading from an SE to an SE/30 back in the day?
I guess I'm surprised they replaced the whole front fascia plastic piece as well as the lobo. I can see the big back-sticker and maybe a "/30" sticker for the front, but they went all out with this upgrade.
Kind of a fun find. Oh, the long and interesting lives these machines lived before I met them