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I have read about the speed hit from using 8.1, but I've also seen some people write that The SE/30 was still quite usable with 8.1. So I'd like to try it for myself. I just can't figure out why The eight point one installer won't start with the "wish I were" control panel and extension Showing...

Today I was going to try to install macOS 8.1 on my SE/30, I installed the "wish I were" Control panel and extension and following some directions I found chose Quadra 700 Then rebooted, but when I start the 8.1 installer it still gives me the message that the installer can't be run on this Mac...

Cool! thanks. Now I just need to look into what software I need to get my Assante Mac Con network adapter to work on this SE/30 or figure out how to get the Wi-Fi thing To work on my BlueSCSI v2

Another possibility, is FTP. With my Amiga 3000T and my Vampire V4 standalone I use an FTP program to transfer files back and forth with my Mac studio. Is there an FTP program that will work with Mac System 7x?

Like the title says will my modern Mac Studio running MacOS 14.5 read a Mac 1.44 floppy via a USB floppy drive? And if not, is there some kind of driver software that will allow it, I know there is NTFS for Mac, that lets my Mac Studio to read PC formatted hard drives. So it must at least be...

The insert went ok, but I had to modify it on the narrow end with a dremel, it simply would not slot in to place. But after installing it, it does seem to work. I'm wondering if the softer more rubber like TPU print material might be better for this application, I believe TPU would be a bit...

Well, here is my SE/30, booting from the old quantum 40meg hard drive. I think there is still some issue with the floppy drive, though, I can't seem to get it to read any of my old system discs. That could simply be because those discs have been sitting around here since the mid 90s though, I'm...

Yeah, I've done the flick of the wrist thing to get drives going that had bad field coils, I had an old Seagate ST1480N that came from my Amiga 3000, and it stopped booting, it wasn't anything stuck one of the field coils had gone bad and it simply wouldn't spin up, I could move the platters...

Well, I finally got my Mac SE/30 to boot after I took it down from my attic. it had been up there for at least 12 years. When I took it down, I pulled the battery which fortunately had not exploded over the logic board. Since taking it down, I have recapped the logic board and the analog board...

As an update, I did end up, having to swap the connector from the old Sony power supply to the new one. The provided male connector that is intended for the other power supply types, has flat pins, and the Sony male connector has round pins, And the internal female connector from the original...

I guess that was my mistake, I used the included connector on the Sony footprint on the board, instead of un-soldering the original Sony connector. The soldered pins on each end of the connector fit perfectly, but the pin in the middle. Is off just slightly and I had to find a drill bit to...

I ordered this power supply from the eBay listing, and got it Saturday afternoon. I took it out of the box and removed the analog board from my SE/30, took the Sony power supply off and gutted it and installed this in it's old housing. The only issue I had was that the non contact alignment...

I was looking at the PDFs for one the Mean Well units you are using, they appear to be more modern switching power modules, where those blue modules in Dean's TRS-80 supply are just torridally wound transformers, the voltage regulation is simply done by the LM series linear voltage regulators on...

These two Power supplies, sort of remind me of each other, the second one with the blue Transformers was designed by a fellow named Dean Bear to replace the crappy little power bricks in the TRS-80 Model I, with expansion interface.

I Just received the new Purple ROM Simm and 64 meg of RAM for my newly recapped SE/30, assuming I did the recap job correctly, I just need to recap or replace the power supply and the analog board that runs the video. I am wondering about these two power supply replacements? Currently all I have...

@finkmac Thanks for the Info. I'll consider the Aluminum Polymer caps, I just noticed from reading different forums that a lot of people were using Tantalums, and I use the when re-capping some old game consoles. I usually use at least 3x the original voltage rating with tant's, It helps reduce...

I've been looking online at the different versions of 32 bit clean Rom Simm's, so far I have found the Purple Rom the MACSIMM and the ROM-inator II. are there any major differences in these ROM's, or any other versions I should consider? The one I'm currently considering is the Purple Rom, as...

A couple of days ago, my YouTube feed got recommended a video for a Mac SE/30 with damage from a leaking battery, after watching that video, I realized I had one up in the attic that had been there since 2011 or 2012. In the meantime, I ordered one of those long T15 screwdrivers from Amazon, and...