Scams galore on EBAY. "For SE/30"??? Pahleez! Are people that stupid? Does one not know the internal structure of the SE/30? Does no one see that left edge (square socket part) of the board sinking down to the same depth as the PDS connector itself? Something should click in the mind of any SE/30 owner (who has viewed the internals of his or her machine), that the left edge will be a problem when trying to connect that card to the PDS slot of the SE/30!
Any Daystar adapter made for the IIsi is not the same as the Daystar adapter made for the SE/30. They are 2 separate products. Yes, I have an original Daystar owner's manual that shows all the Daystar adapters ever made, and IIsi and SE/30 adapters are very differently shaped beasts (even if they both will "electrically operate just fine" in either the IIsi or SE/30). I know because I once owned a IIsi adapter and it won't fit without your cutting up the metal chassis of the SE/30. But I removed the logic board of the SE/30 (with all the wires still connected) and confirmed that the IIsi adapter does work to enable a Daystar accelerator to function in the SE/30.
Ultimately, someone wanted to buy that IIsi adapter from me and I informed the buyer that I did not want to sell it to an SE/30 owner. He told me he wanted to cut-up his SE/30 case. I was shocked to hear that but since he wanted it, I sold it to him for around US$35, which included EMS express mail shipping to his address in the USA. I did not list this on EBAY. This fellow simply read one of my old posts (made here prior to the hard drive crash) and emailed me offline expressing his interest in the card.
So I must repeat: a lot of listings on EBAY are little more that scams. These wicked sellers get away with it because they can always say "I didn't know what I was selling." And no, EBAY defenders, I don't "hate" EBAY or "all sellers." I just see a lot of activity that I personally define as "criminal" and I, not being a criminal myself, am not thrilled to see that happening, especially when it comes to classic Mac equipment sales. Sure, it's a free country. You have freedom to engage in unethical business transactions. But I don't have to like it. And I feel not desire to hide my feelings about this. I am very sensitive to scams on EBAY, and I absolute HATE the use of the word "rare" which these dark creatures use so often to lure the bait to their listings. When buying in EBAY, keep in mind that few things are truly rare (just watch EBAY daily for 2 weeks and you will see the truth in that, when the same kind of item pops up again and again.)
Sorry for the rant, but something triggered me to vent this morning about EBAY. 8-o
Does anyone watch the Yahoo Exchange Rate page? The Yen has been as strong as the Dollar for a number of weeks now. Yes, it's pretty much ¥100 to US$1. That makes the price of the TS Adapter US$198 plus shipping from Japan.
Now that I just gotten off my podium about EBAY scams, I will admit that I paid almost $200 (including shipping to my Japanese address) for that TS Adapter, direct from Manabu Sakai at ARTMIX. However, he is not an mainstream EBAY seller (although I have seen a couple listings from him on EBAY in the distant past). And after speaking with him at length, it is clear that he created the TS Adapter himself and was forced to contract for "hundreds of pieces" from the Asian manufacturer. As such, he cannot get a return on his initial investment without charging a rather high price for the TS Adapter. But even if he didn't have such excessive inventory of the adapter, he could still justify the price because (a) he created it himself, for goodness sake, and ( B) because who else sells anything like this for the SE/30? The TS Adapter is a modern product made for an obsolete machine. As such, the price makes logical sense. In contrast, many EBAY prices for no-so-rare, old equipment makes no logical sense to me.