This SE/30 seems to have had its hard drive removed in favor of a 270MB 3.5" MO Drive accessed from the rear. Its in horrible shape but this just struck me as interesting. I can't fully explain why.
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Funky SE/30 mod
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What happened to its Apple logo?!?
Does anyone know if those drive mods were common? I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in any Mac's expansion slot.
BTW: For those who remember my 1991 manufacture SE/30 debate, this one was made in 1991. (Mactracker and other credible resources list the SE/30 has being discontinued in 10/90 when I know it was 10/91 instead...even have sales literature from 1991 to prove it).
Does anyone know if those drive mods were common? I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in any Mac's expansion slot.
BTW: For those who remember my 1991 manufacture SE/30 debate, this one was made in 1991. (Mactracker and other credible resources list the SE/30 has being discontinued in 10/90 when I know it was 10/91 instead...even have sales literature from 1991 to prove it).
Ooo, now there's something I haven't seen before. That sorta precludes putting the thing up near any wall I suppose :lol:
The Apple logo probably fell off, after the glue got brittle from age. You can often find bags of them on eBay, most likely collected from similar situations. I know I bought a Mac once on eBay that came with several extra Apple logos.
Also, Scott, just to clarify the information found on MacTracker, Vectronics, Apple-History, etc. The problem begins with Apple. Most admit that they took their original data from Apple. And as anyone knows who has checked thespecs on the 128K, Apple officially indicates the 128K can run OS 7.0.1, which most of us know is not the case.
So Apple's notoriously flawed TIL is the root of most of the "authoritative data" that circulates on the internet. And these websites, like Apple simply do not have the time to jump on corrections of the vast inaccuracies, if ever. And Apple simply does not seem to care at all. Apple-History's Glen Sanford has indicated that his extensive chronology is simply not a priority in his life at this point, so may well never address many of the inaccuracies that have surely been pointed out to him – I've sent him at lest a dozen corrections myself over the years. Then again you have to give credit to anyone who cares enough to put together and freely offer such a site, despite it's flaws.
Ironically, Wikipedia has the most accurate information about the SE/30, because it benefits from actual SE/30 users experience, despite the fact that anyone can change it and is often subject to abuse or ignorance. Unfortunately, most of that information is difficult to document and can therefore be legitimately excised, by Wiki editors. Anyone with documented evidence of the 10/91 disco. date for the SE/30 is encouraged to log into Wiki entry and post the citation. You can always put information in without a supporting reference, but it stands a much more likely chance of being preserved with a verifiable legitimate peer-reviewed, or OEM source.
Gosh did the SE/30 have rear end problems? I have never seen a mac more brown than that.
D'oh. I think you're right. No wait... I think we're both wrong
I was thinking of the 3.5" MO which came in 230MB.
The 3.5" SyQuest came in 105 and 270MB
The SyQuest EZFlyer came in 135MB (I know I had one.) which was later upped to 230MB.
So I do believe its a standard 3.5" SyQuest after all.
