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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
 Posted - 18 Jul 2003 : 17:21:57
Woo Hoo!After years and years (try 15!) of wanting an SE/30, I finally have one. Best part is, I got it for FREE! I was scouring Craig'sList the other night and noticed someone had posted a message just a few hours before about giving away the SE/30. I was the first of more than a dozen people to email him, so I got dibs. Turns out his office was just a few blocks away from mine in Santa Monica. I picked today and have it in my car right now. The case isn't perfect, it's fairly yellowed, but it's nowhere near as bad as my ColorClassic's case was when I got it. There's no expansion card and so far I am of the belief that it's dead stock, but at least now I have another 68k. If anybody's keeping track, since trading my 840av for a beige G3 I was down to only two 68k's, a Plus and a my ColorClassic. Now I have 3! Whee! Can't wait to get it home and fired up... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Lord of the Mac II Series
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
http://www.cinemafia.net/forums Edited by - cinemafia on 18 Jul 2003 17:24:09 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2003 : 17:24:46
Very nice!  How's SAF going?"**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2003 : 17:45:16
Good. Selling parts I'm not using is helping buy my wife more battle wax!666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Lord of the Mac II Series
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
http://www.cinemafia.net/forums Edited by - cinemafia on 18 Jul 2003 17:50:21 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2003 : 17:53:21
Great! Selling stuff always works. "Remember how i sold my IIfx and IIci? Well, that has given us the space and funds so that i can buy you an AlBook!"*  *But you still get to use it a lot. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 17:36:43
I got it home and powered it up and it just sits there with the jail bars. I've heard of this happening for a short period when you use a IIsi ROM, but it just does it indefinitely. I haven't had time to crack it open yet...any ideas?666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Lord of the Mac II Series
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
http://www.cinemafia.net/forums |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 17:43:53
Either the analog board or the ROMs are busted.  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 19:39:31
That's what I was thinking, the ROM'S anyway. Now I wish I'd kept that extra IIfx lying around!666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Lord of the Mac II Series
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
http://www.cinemafia.net/forums |
clancychem
Starting Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 20:40:16
I had a similar problem with an SE I was working on. When you open it up disconnect all cables and reseat them. This fixed the problem I had.
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 21:13:12
I'll try that. I need to fashion a screwdriver using one the hex bits from my powerdrill and a dowel like Eric Conrad did.666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Lord of the Mac II Series
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
http://www.cinemafia.net/forums |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 09:28:38
you know... I have a discharge tool somewhere...umm.... yeah... Maybe if you took pictures and made this into a great MLAgazine article! "True Liberations... The SE/30" Official 68k videographer
Official MLA TourGuide
"I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 16:15:58
quote:
That's what I was thinking, the ROM'S anyway. Now I wish I'd kept that extra IIfx lying around!666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Lord of the Mac II Series
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
http://www.cinemafia.net/forums
Dude, i don't even know if a IIfx ROM will work in an SE/30. IIsi ones work fine, but i'm not sure about IIfx ones... "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jul 2003 : 08:33:56
LEM says IIfx ROM's work better than IIsi ROM's, actually.666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Lord of the Mac II Series
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
http://www.cinemafia.net/forums Edited by - cinemafia on 22 Jul 2003 08:34:15 |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jul 2003 : 08:52:42
32 bit clean?wow... tha'd be funnny to see  doesn't that put a nice iifx out of usability though? Official 68k videographer
Official MLA TourGuide
"I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
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llamaboy487
Full Member
USA
516 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2003 : 06:35:37
I must say that, as much as i love my Performa 578, the SE is my favorite 68k. Its just so... usable still. System 6.0.8 runs like a dream from floppy, and if i had the networking capabilities i would use mine as a floppy-driven mail server! Thats one of my projects i have on the back burner, making the SE FDHD a floppy-driven mail server... the floppy driven part has been accomplished, as when i liberated my SE it didnt have a hard drive. Oh well. She runs beautifully without one! I might add that all versions of the System previous to 6.0.8 run well too, including System 1.0 (aka .97) ________________________
Founder, IBM PS/2 Liberation Front
http://www.kevcave.tk = The Kevcave
Manager, the llama-X project.. |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2003 : 15:24:28
quote:
32 bit clean?wow... tha'd be funnny to see
Whats so funny about 32 bit clean ROMs? "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
Warrior maclover5
68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1 |
Kami
Junior Member
Canada
132 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2003 : 16:35:19
The IIfx ROM definitely works. Jump over to Gamba's for the detailshttp://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/os8_se30.html#SIMM Haven't tried this yet with my SE/30. I'm still having fun running a colour monitor off a Radius Pivot card 
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Mackie
Starting Member
Italy
8 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2003 : 07:35:28
side note: cinemafia, who would be dumb enought to trade a beige G3 for a 840av?
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2003 : 15:39:06
Mackie why do you keep knocking people?Anyway there are two reasons, a) it was a part exchange or b) As is the case where I work people get beige G3's for free regularly as they are quite common. 840AV's are quite rare in comparison so anyone with a spare beige G3 would gladly trade, especially if neither is their main machine anyway. --------
LC 2, LC 3, Q605, Perf 638, Colour Classic (160 603e) 6100, 7200, PTP 225 (Quad 604), PM 9600, G4 Cube |
Cinema SE/30 Score
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.