Do all IIsi adapters work with SE/30 — #9

Post #9 by ~tl

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	68k
Post Date	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 - 19:16
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/do-all-iisi-adapters-work-with-se-30.12045/

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With any adapter meant for a IIsi, make sure there's no FPU chip installed in it. The IIsi didn't come with an FPU, and the SE/30 did. So if you put a IIsi card that has an FPU on board into an SE/30, the SE/30 won't boot.
Usually these FPUs are just socketed, so you can remove them and then use the card in an SE/30 with no problem.

The card you have posted pics of may not have an FPU, so this issue may be moot in that case.

Best,

Matt

I don't believe it does have a FPU. It was designed for using with the Turbo 040 which would bypass it anyway...

It should work in the SE/30, but you'll have to perform some surgery to get it to fit in there. There's details on Gamba's site here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/se30_pds_multiple.html