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In article <6i19pt$qdq$1@gte2.gte.net>, bart@gte.net (Bart Barton) wrote:

> 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

uh-uh, 7.5.5 is where the SE/30 (and others) max out. 7.6 and later require
32 bit addressing *natively*. Mode32 doesn't cut it.

> 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

But you can get (only second hand these days) display cards that fit in the
Single Expansion slot...

> 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

You can get SCSI ethernet adapters, serial ethernet adapters or internal
ethernet cards that work with the SE/30...

> 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.

Definitely no problem accessing the Net. You'll be limited to Netscrape
2.02 unless you upgrade beyond 8MB of RAM though.
(Ram Upgrades in an SE/30 happen 4 SIMMs at a time with 8 slots in all.
8MB=8x1MB SIMMs, next sensible step is 20MB 4x1MB + 4x4MB)

Have Fun
Martin
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