A Bunch of Compact Questions!

[clevelander]

Today I just got an SE and a SE/30. The SE powers on, but needs the startup disk. Does anyone have an extra one? I made the same mistake as another guy recently posted and purchased 1.44MB discs.

Otherwise...I will have to check in my Dad's basement for the Old Performa 557 to see if works or if there are some 800k discs around or something

The SE/30 turns on and the screen is all jumbles so I think its safe to say that there is something wrong! But I'm not that concerned with that yet.

I grew with an Apple Classic II and it is no longer operational and the discs have been lost. I used to have this "music making" program I remember there were some preset songs and a graphic based keyboard that played notes. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I'm trying to find that!

I'm also looking for a keyboard and a mouse... or a mouse and the cable for a keyboard.

I apologize for my lack of knowledge in Vintage Macs!

 

[porter]

You would be better off getting the SE/30 going first, then you will have a machine that can read/write 800k and 1.4Mb disks.

Once you have that you are laughing as you can get system 7 on the SE/30, then make the 800k disks for the SE.

It's worth checking, is it an original SE, as the later ones have the 1.4Mb floppy.

Another environment for creating 1.4Mb macintosh disks is BasiliskII running on a PC.

 

[Scott Baret]

The music-making program sounds like it could be two possibilities: Jam Session or Practica Musica. Do either of those ring a bell?

Does your SE say "SuperDrive" or "FDHD" on the case underneath the name "Macintosh SE"?

 

[skeletor]

The music-making program sounds like it could be two possibilities: Jam Session or Practica Musica. Do either of those ring a bell?
Does your SE say "SuperDrive" or "FDHD" on the case underneath the name "Macintosh SE"?

I think the SE's with ' superdrive' under the SE were more rare than the ones that simply read FDHD...I have one of each....as well as a couple of early ones...one has the infamous squirrel cage fan..that went whooooosh and sometimes played havoc with the video screen...hence, APPLE had many of those SE's with said fans.. replaced..and sold many fan upgrades. the dealers at the time, were busy replacing them

on the flip, my squirrel cage, doesn't seem to cause any of those said glitches..go figure...I have a few of 'em left on analog boards I pulled from misc SE's over the past decade..as well as some with the replacement fans.

 

[Scott Baret]

I actually just wrote an entire article on my website (in my new Mystery Theater section of House of Macs) about the very issue of SE production...it appears the SuperDrive models were produced later and many were made after the supposed discontinuation of the SE in 1990 (the SE was made into early 1991).

Skeletor--out of curiosity, when was your SE SuperDrive manufactured?

 

[skeletor]

I actually just wrote an entire article on my website (in my new Mystery Theater section of House of Macs) about the very issue of SE production...it appears the SuperDrive models were produced later and many were made after the supposed discontinuation of the SE in 1990 (the SE was made into early 1991).
Skeletor--out of curiosity, when was your SE SuperDrive manufactured?

according to the back..f10263jp902

I guess mid 1991.....snort

skeletor

 

[equill]

Or, perhaps, mid-January 1991.

F10263JP902 = Cupertino, w/e 15 Jan 1991.

de

 

[LCGuy]

Doesn't F = Fremont?

 

[skeletor]

Or, perhaps, mid-January 1991.
F10263JP902 = Cupertino, w/e 15 Jan 1991.

de

In any event, 1991 was late in the game for the much beloved

SE...

 

[equill]

I've never been nearer to either Cupertino or Fremont than a Compact AIO. Some decoders return Fremont, and some return Cupertino for the initial F. I presume that the distinction matters to someone, or there would not be one. TattleTech was closer to me when I wrote above. Take your pick:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Fremont,+CA&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Cupertino,+CA&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

de

 

[skeletor]

Today I just got an SE and a SE/30. The SE powers on, but needs the startup disk. Does anyone have an extra one? I made the same mistake as another guy recently posted and purchased 1.44MB discs.
Otherwise...I will have to check in my Dad's basement for the Old Performa 557 to see if works or if there are some 800k discs around or something

The SE/30 turns on and the screen is all jumbles so I think its safe to say that there is something wrong! But I'm not that concerned with that yet.

I grew with an Apple Classic II and it is no longer operational and the discs have been lost. I used to have this "music making" program I remember there were some preset songs and a graphic based keyboard that played notes. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I'm trying to find that!

I'm also looking for a keyboard and a mouse... or a mouse and the cable for a keyboard.

I apologize for my lack of knowledge in Vintage Macs!

good luck in your quest...In case you don't come up with KB/Mouse/cables

I have several of each..ranging from the IIGS kb, (my fave) to the later apple and apple II kb's...as well as the square desktop mouse, and the later rounded mouse..I prefer the square-ish mouse...but that's just me.

skeletor