Von Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) I saw this in the Ebay Finds thread: On 8/5/2018 at 10:47 AM, danpoarch said: We're veering off-topic but I already have an SEIV and two Hammer cards. To get us back on topic, there's a little discussed feature of the following SE/30 Asante card. Notice that the daughter card is actually two connected cards. The 15-pin "Thick" connector can be unscrewed from the standoffs and taken off so that a 15-pin monitor connector can be screwed in beside the 10bT connector. This gives you ethernet *and* video at the back of your SE/30 or IIsi. I'm sure a lot of you know about this feature, but I bet a lot of people have never noticed or known about this... https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Macintosh-Asante-Tech-Ethernet-Card-Mac-SE-30-or-IIsi/123291796464?hash=item1cb4c383f0%3Ag%3An6IAAOSwEMpbZk8A&_sacat=80053&_nkw=asante+se%2F30&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0 And yes, that is a very cool feature. My first Asante card did not have this so here is the MacGruber I needed to do to run the Asante with a video card: I made the back plane out of an old PC case sheet metal with some Dremel work. The card is rotated 90 degrees so that I could use the mounting screw for the "Thick" connection to hold it in place. Because it was close to the back of the tube it is protected with a plastic sheet covered in electrical tape. Fast forward to the only real "deal" I have come across on Ebay. That was for a Misc Mac parts grab bag. It was a single auction that included 3 of the Asantes with the special detachable "Thick" daughter card and a MicroMac Carrera 040 with the IIsi card. I think it was only $65 w/ shipping. So here is one of those cards in action: Edited August 7, 2018 by Von image wonkiness Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Bunsen Posted November 14, 2018 Report Share Posted November 14, 2018 Quote The 15-pin "Thick" connector can be unscrewed from the standoffs and taken off so that a 15-pin monitor connector can be screwed in beside the 10bT connector. This gives you ethernet *and* video at the back of your SE/30 or IIsi. Wow. While I can appreciate the convenience and flexibility, my gut instinct is that replacing one connector with another that looks identical and is completely different electrically is just asking for trouble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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