Something caught my eye near some bins today and on closer inspection I discovered that the bit of "platinum" coloured plastic that I had spotted from a distance was in fact a very neglected looking SE/30. I promptly rescued it and a few minutes ago, (after opening the case and checking everything was dry), I powered it on. It seems to work fine and has 8MB RAM and a 40MB hard drive. The extra bonus is that there is an ethernet card in it with RJ-45, thin coax and AUI connectors!
There is quite a bit of rust on the steel frame inside and on the external connectors and the floppy drive mechanism looks corroded. I think this must have been sitting outdoors in the damp for some time. Hopefully a bit of a clean up will do it wonders as the machine on the whole is in good working order. The CRT is burnt in but still gives a bright and sharp picture. Also, this SE/30 produces a good sound volume from it's speaker unlike my other SE/30 that had suffered capacitor leakage and has almost lost it's sound. Maybe I will use both of them to put together a fully working SE/30 system, depending on whether I find any problems with this new one.
And yes, pictures:
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There is quite a bit of rust on the steel frame inside and on the external connectors and the floppy drive mechanism looks corroded. I think this must have been sitting outdoors in the damp for some time. Hopefully a bit of a clean up will do it wonders as the machine on the whole is in good working order. The CRT is burnt in but still gives a bright and sharp picture. Also, this SE/30 produces a good sound volume from it's speaker unlike my other SE/30 that had suffered capacitor leakage and has almost lost it's sound. Maybe I will use both of them to put together a fully working SE/30 system, depending on whether I find any problems with this new one.
And yes, pictures:
(front) (back)