Curse my ignorance - but what would Doug's ROM enable me to do? I've browsed the thread (not all 40 pages, admittedly) - would I swap out my SE/30's ROM board for one of Doug's, which would provide an 8MB bootable 'disc', onto which I could install a base OS?
There are a bunch of cheap SCSI drives available locally eg.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/hard-drives/scsi/auction-551440411.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/hard-drives/scsi/auction-549874616.htm
I am assuming that these would work with a cheap SCA to 50-pin adaptor (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCA-80-PIN-TO-68-50-PIN-SCSI-ADAPTER-/260810858398?pt=US_Drive_Cables_dapters&hash=item3cb989df9e) and a re-format by Lido 7 (http://www.ccadams.org/se/hard_disk.html) or patched Apple HDA Tools.
Would this sort of drive overload the SE/30's power supply (assuming it's in good condition)? In terms of noise they're going to be much quieter than the drive that just died (but not as quiet as a solid state solution, of course).
There are a bunch of cheap SCSI drives available locally eg.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/hard-drives/scsi/auction-551440411.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/hard-drives/scsi/auction-549874616.htm
I am assuming that these would work with a cheap SCA to 50-pin adaptor (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCA-80-PIN-TO-68-50-PIN-SCSI-ADAPTER-/260810858398?pt=US_Drive_Cables_dapters&hash=item3cb989df9e) and a re-format by Lido 7 (http://www.ccadams.org/se/hard_disk.html) or patched Apple HDA Tools.
Would this sort of drive overload the SE/30's power supply (assuming it's in good condition)? In terms of noise they're going to be much quieter than the drive that just died (but not as quiet as a solid state solution, of course).