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In article <3543f4bd.0@duster.adelaide.on.net>,
goble@kigateway.eastend.com.au wrote:

> Hi All;
> 
> My father is going to buy an Mac SE30 5/40, can anyone tell me or give
> resources to information on it. Like which OS will run on it, how much
> ram can it have, what are the lastest software titles available, what
> external devices can be attached, ie CD-ROM, extra HHDs, Scanners,
> Quickcam...etc) and can it do filesharing or other network stuff like
> the internet?
> 
> If it comes with an OS, will it have a word processor,spreadsheet,
> etc?
> 
> Any help will be most grateful, please reply ASAP as he has just sent
> off the money for it.
>
The Mac SE/30 is an "all-in-one" 68030 based Mac model running at 16 MHz
processor speed. It will take up to 128 MB of internal memory with the
addition of a file titled "Mode32" which should be available via
Connectix's web site <http://www.connectix.com/>. The addition of this
file allows the SE/30 to recognize over 8 to 10 MB of memory by making the
system release being run think the SE/30 has what are called clean ROMs.
The SE/30 dates far enough back that it shipped with System 6.0.3 but
should be able to run up to System 7.6.1 if that's what y'all want. As for
software, with sufficient memory it should be able to run most, if not all
of the software released that will run on 680x0 systems. There are some
games and a few other applications on the market that require either a
68040 or PowerPC processor but since the SE/30 has a B&W monitor, games
may not be a top priority. The machine has an external SCSI bus on the
back, along with an internally mounted hard drive so you shouldn't have
much trouble connecting the SCSI peripherals you've mentioned. It, like
most Macs of that time frame has AppleTalk built-in so it can be networked
this way to other Macs but it doesn't have built-in Ethernet. The B&W
monitor might make Internet use a bit bland when accessing most web sites
but other than that factor y'all shouldn't have any problems using it on
the Internet.

..... Bart
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