![]() In 2020, accounting for inflation, the SE/30 would cost over $10,000.They obviously couldn’t just add an “x” to SE, so they named it the SE/30 instead! Apple’s naming convention at the time was to add an “x” to model names that featured 030 processors, like the IIfx. ![]() It can be equipped with a graphics card to show full grayscale on the internal display and supports 8-bit color on an external display.The SE/30 pops up in lots of interesting places, ranging from Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment to Ozymandias’s desk in the Watchmen movie!.It’s also 2 or 3 times faster than a Mac Plus, the Classic, or even the later-released Classic II. Out of the gate, it’s several times faster than it’s predecessor, the Macintosh SE. The SE/30 is highly expandable and can take much larger SCSI drives and upwards of 128 mb of RAM. The SE/30 was released in the late 80s and featured a 16mhz 68030 processor (Thus the “30”.) It came with an optional 40 or 80mb hard drive and 1 or 4mb of RAM. To start things off, let me provide a quick rundown on the machine. I’ve wanted to get my hands on one of these for a while, and at long last I finally came across one! This article will go through some interesting tidbits on the machine, and my experiences in bringing one back to life. The SE/30 was the fastest and most powerful of the original compact black & white Macs it was essentially a server in a tiny case. In fact, many people go so far as to say the SE/30 is the best computer that Apple will ever make. In the world of 68k Macs, there’s one model in particular that consistently tops the list. Tags 68k Macs 68k mods 80s computers 90s computers abandonware apple AppleTalk atari audio BlueSCSI browsers bugs chrome classic macs color classic mystic color classic upgrades emulation ftp games hacks hardware LC linux mac MacEffects Macintosh macintosh classic macintosh mod macOS Mac OS macs mp3 music networking new software open source proxy raspberry pi scsi scsi2sd SE/30 serial ports software sound System 6 system 7 system 7.5 System Folder toys Troubleshooting video Vintage Gadgets vintage macs web server Meta Playing Movies on a Black & White compact Mac!.Anticipating that customers would want more power, Apple engineers secretly designed the logic board to facilitate manufacturing a 512 KB version, which was released only nine months later. ![]()
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