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ckealey
Starting Member
USA
36 Posts |
 Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 10:10:36
These were scheduled for termination by one of the administrative departments at my school/work. The '30's HD appears dead (it spins, but never mounts), and I haven't tried the LaCie drive yet. I don't even know where I'd find drivers for that (it's apparently too old to be on their list of "Discontinued products"). I've got spare HDs, but can't think of a use for the machine yet...I'm open to ideas or offers (shipping charges only, but that's not gonna be cheap).-Chad |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 10:21:02
Where are you located?666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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ckealey
Starting Member
USA
36 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 18:31:39
I'm just north of Philly, PA.
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thelip
Full Member
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 20:23:27
If that Lacie drive is external, then you'll need no drivers. Just some scsi voodoo luck. i also had/have and external lacie drive. It's held many drives, started at a 40 something meg and worked it's way up to a 3 gig and is now empty. Nice little case, but be sure you don't put a drive in there that creates a ton of heat (yes, a ton). For example the infamous barracuda 7200 rpm 2.1 gig drive. That thing got REALLY hot and had problems in that very compact case.
I don't know what your arsenal looks like, but se/30s are great for file servers. Plus the compact-ness of the se/30 is nice for an extra web browser, irc client, web server, router (!!!), etc. There's always a use for a mac. My personal favorite thing for compact macs is that i fix them up and hand them out to kids i know. They are the perfect size and they can introduce them to usable computers. I've made a few parents mad, but it's been worth it.
If you have absolutely no use for this Se/30 i might be interested in the motherboard, but i have a few other deals i have to work out first here at the mla. Sorry about the rambling. I just got a hot date for friday and i'm giggy. _______________________
Sgt. Thelip
Heavy Weapons Specialist
950 division
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2002 : 20:58:13
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The '30's HD appears dead (it spins, but never mounts),
Have you tried SCSI Probe? I think its on the HL server... --------------------
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ckealey
Starting Member
USA
36 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2002 : 07:05:22
No, the drive itself is dead. I can hear it wanting to spin, but it never gets all the way through it's hardware initialization, but continues to spin at varying speeds. Also, the LaCie drive is the 44Mb cartridge drive. The cartridge itself is pretty cool...like 2 big ol' HD platters in a smoked plastic case. I know I've seen tons of these things before (at show about 5 years ago, this guy was selling them, with cartridge, 4 for $1), but I can't seem to find any info on them now. May be rare to have one still in functional condition...who knows.Anyway, my arsenal already includes another SE/30, a Classic II, Mystic CC, a few Centri, several IIvx's and a handful of PPC machines. So, needless to say, I don't have an immediate need for the new '30. Hmmm...maybe swap the '30 guts into the Classic II case. I always thought that was a much "cleaner" looking machine (the CII, that is). -Chad
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2002 : 18:23:51
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Hmmm...maybe swap the '30 guts into the Classic II case. I always thought that was a much "cleaner" looking machine (the CII, that is).
Nice idea, although putting the mobo in may be a challenge, as the SE/30 mobo is bigger than the Classic II mobo, and there's only a small amount of space for it to slide in, unless you remove the fan. The Classic II case is nice, although i prefer the more "sophisticated" look of the SE/30.  -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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SiliconValleyPirate
Junior Member
United Kingdom
273 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2002 : 06:35:43
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The Classic II case is nice, although i prefer the more "sophisticated" look of the SE/30
Have you *any* idea how hard it is to clean those squillions of slots in the case moulding on an SE/30? Bloody nightmare it is..... --
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2002 : 19:43:20
if you can take the case off, maybe you could pressurewash it or something.Official 68k videographer |
tmtomh
Junior Member
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2002 : 20:14:41
Re: use for another SE/30 -- I just put A/UX on mine. Wicked easy install process, and the OS is fun and educational. And it's just plain freaky-cool to see OS 7 running on top of real old fashioned Unix (we don't need no steenking Linux), running on unmodified Mac hardware.A/UX isn't easy to find <cough68kmlahotlineserver> but it ain't too difficult either.  No rank Permanent 68k roommates:
Q605 full '040 36/1.2G/enet/7.6.1-NetBSD dual-boot
SE/30 FPU 20/500/enet/A/UX |
SE/30 and LaCie 44Mb drive
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