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Post #19 by zuiko21
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateMon, 26 Dec 2011 - 23:59
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/se-30-w-internal-greyscale-amp-68030-accelerator.24225/
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Oh yes, you're right -- the accelerator board will replace the built-in hardware. However, I was thinking about those adapter cards with FPU socket for the IIsi and the like, which add themselves to the existing hardware.

I just opened one of my SE/30s... my Ethernet card isn't really like duxbridge's. As you can see, I just placed a 68882 (known good from a Colour Classic) on the socket.

The SE/30 won't boot with the extra FPU. It does bong, and the grey pattern appears, without mouse pointer, but it goes no further -- even the programmer's switch gets disabled! Without that FPU, everything goes normal.

By the way, it seems I didn't push the FPU all the way in the first time (those damned PLCC sockets!) and got surprising results: it once booted perfectly into System 6 but, when trying to restart on System 7, got the death chimes and this. Further attempts to reboot were unsuccessful -- it even made an unknown low pitched death chime!

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