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brad_k
New Member
Canada
63 Posts |
 Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 13:18:12
Like cinemafia, I too have always wanted an SE/30 ever since they came out but somehow I never managed to get my hands on one. Today, that finally changed. I scored a SE/30 (8/40) at a local garage sale complete with an external 160MB HD, external 800k floppy, Apple Keyboard & mouse, Stylewriter II printer, and a Radius "pivot" monitor complete with card installed in the SE/30. All for $10.00! And the best part of it all is, it works! I hope to have pics of it up on the website very shortly. -Brad (happy happy)
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 17:35:23
Cool!  SE/30s ROCK!!!!!!!! "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 17:37:33
Too cool! Let's have a SE/30 Liberation Party!
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brad_k
New Member
Canada
63 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jul 2003 : 20:58:29
I tell ya, it's been a compact Mac day. I've been fiddling with the new SE/30, browsing through the former owner's documents. Quite interesting. I also went and dug out my SE & Classic II - both of which are also garage sale finds. The Classic II quit working the same day I brought it home almost a year ago. I tore it apart and no amount of fiddling could get it going again. Today, I powered it up - still dead. I cracked it open and checked a few connections, powered it up again and there it was! I make double & tripple sure it was all a go before putting the case back together. Unlike the SE's, the Classic II has a perfect, non yellowed case and has the clearest, brightest screen I've seen. It's great to see it working again.That's enough, I'm going to power them down and head off to bed.
-Brad
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 04:33:44
Congrats on the working, maximized, inexpensive SE/30. They seem like such excellent little Maclettes. And that deal you got is very amazing -- that pivot monitor should have been more than $10 all by itself. Have fun with your new system.G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 05:05:25
Agreed, G4. Pivots are weird...and cool. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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brad_k
New Member
Canada
63 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jul 2003 : 08:36:24
Thanks, finding the SE/30 really made my day. I like that - "Maclettes" heh.This is my first experience with Pivots, it is interesting. Great for word processing for sure. Seeing such a large, crisp B&W screen like that is interesting too. It's quite nice, and easy to look at. Reminds me of my old Atari ST B&W system. I'm not sure yet if I'll keep the pivot system. While it's nice, I have no real use for it. Perhaps I'll put it up on ebay and see what happens. What I'm really after is an accelerator for my IIgs along with a SCSI controller for it. Perhaps even a network adapter for it. I'd love to get that little box on the net. In the mean time, I'll look for some more RAM for the SE/30. With a NIC it should be quite easy getting it on the net "Debian enabled". heh -Brad
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 09:39:09
will the "pivot system" work on a iisi? I might need to sell my 7300 and the monitor that goes with it... and that means stealing the iisi's monitor for the 6500 :-\if it'll work with the IISI and that'll work on A/UX... where are you located brad? it'dbe cool to have a pivot monitor Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2003 : 16:17:21
Cory: The Pivot system will probably work on the IIsi, but he would need to use the card that came with it, instead of the BIV."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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KatMac
Starting Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jul 2003 : 20:07:36
quote:
will the "pivot system" work on a iisi? I might need to sell my 7300 and the monitor that goes with it... and that means stealing the iisi's monitor for the 6500 :-\ if it'll work with the IISI and that'll work on A/UX...
Brad is apparently in Canada. I have a monochrome pivot here in Florida that I am willing to sell. There is an LC card for it which I have tested and a Nubus card, plus the all-important cable and software for the pivot-on-the-fly feature. I could test the Nubus card in an si if anyone is interested, but I don't think I can test under A/UX. email kattwinkel@appleisp.net
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