Well, I've just gotten the SE/30 put back together and set up on my desk, and she's working beautifully! I'd taken her apart earlier today, to migrate 32MB of RAM from my Quadra 950 over, along with a 2GB SCSI internal drive. I tried booting the system with the PDS video card inserted, but it defaulted to the (currently non-existent) external display, so I've removed that card and the little beastie fired right up (after performing the "Reset Button" trick mentioned before), and is currently running Norton Speed Disk on the internal drive. So far, so good!
Also, I've only just begun digging through all the stuff that came with the system, but I thought I'd share a couple of choice items:
Floppies Galore! We've got all sorts of Norton disks, some games (not sure which ones yet, but I did spot "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" and "Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego"), and a whole passel of original Apple-brand system disks, including "Your Apple Tour of the Macintosh SE/30," three HyperCard disks ("HyperCard and Stacks," "HyperCard Ideas" and HyperCard Help"), "Macintosh Printing Tools," "Macintosh System Tools," and two copies each of "Macintosh Utilities disk 1 and 2."
I've also got two large file boxes full of original software boxes and manuals, along with all the original Apple-brand system manuals for the SE/30.
Also, the original owner Chris offered me a bowling-ball bag containing what he kept referring to as a "Zip drive," but what turned out to be a full-size external SCSI SyQuest drive with five 44MB SyQuest disks! I've always wanted to play with one of these. Plus, for your LOL pleasure, one of the SyQuest disks is still marked with its Suggested Retail Price of... $129.99! Ouch.
Finally, and perhaps most touching, Chris even included a set of hand-sewn cloth covers for the system and accessories - he'd made them back when he first bought this system, and they must have played a large role in keeping the entire system (and all accessories) from showing any yellowing at all. I've had a number of compact Macs before, but this one is the first I've owned that has retained its original grey ("Platinum"?) color, and hasn't started turning that nasty shade of yellow that seems so common on Apple products from this era. Sadly, my beloved Color Classic has turned a particularly bile-like yellow/brown, and I can't seem to fix it...
Anyway, I just wanted to share what's been included in my haul so far - I'll continue to post details as I find them, and if there's interest in any of this, I'd be happy to make dupes of any of the floppies or scans of any manuals as needed.
Best wishes,
Huxley
Also, I've only just begun digging through all the stuff that came with the system, but I thought I'd share a couple of choice items:
Floppies Galore! We've got all sorts of Norton disks, some games (not sure which ones yet, but I did spot "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" and "Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego"), and a whole passel of original Apple-brand system disks, including "Your Apple Tour of the Macintosh SE/30," three HyperCard disks ("HyperCard and Stacks," "HyperCard Ideas" and HyperCard Help"), "Macintosh Printing Tools," "Macintosh System Tools," and two copies each of "Macintosh Utilities disk 1 and 2."
I've also got two large file boxes full of original software boxes and manuals, along with all the original Apple-brand system manuals for the SE/30.
Also, the original owner Chris offered me a bowling-ball bag containing what he kept referring to as a "Zip drive," but what turned out to be a full-size external SCSI SyQuest drive with five 44MB SyQuest disks! I've always wanted to play with one of these. Plus, for your LOL pleasure, one of the SyQuest disks is still marked with its Suggested Retail Price of... $129.99! Ouch.
Finally, and perhaps most touching, Chris even included a set of hand-sewn cloth covers for the system and accessories - he'd made them back when he first bought this system, and they must have played a large role in keeping the entire system (and all accessories) from showing any yellowing at all. I've had a number of compact Macs before, but this one is the first I've owned that has retained its original grey ("Platinum"?) color, and hasn't started turning that nasty shade of yellow that seems so common on Apple products from this era. Sadly, my beloved Color Classic has turned a particularly bile-like yellow/brown, and I can't seem to fix it...
Anyway, I just wanted to share what's been included in my haul so far - I'll continue to post details as I find them, and if there's interest in any of this, I'd be happy to make dupes of any of the floppies or scans of any manuals as needed.
Best wishes,
Huxley