Continuing on...
Since it appears I have 2 happily working SE/30s I am going to go 2 ways:
The satin finish board is the older board so I am going to go old school with that one. I am going to make it a System 6 with 8MB of RAM that would be the envy of 1988!
The glossy board I am going to go 1993 with that one and have it run System 7.1.1 Pro and have 32MB or RAM with my spare IIfx ROM installed so that I can avoid the whole Mode32 thing.
I have already made progress with my 1993 config:
[attachment=1]GlossyWith7.1.1ProIIfxROM.JPG[/attachment]
Here is a closeup of my 1993 System. The System heap is much too big for my liking and I need to do some system pruning. I will definitely lose the PowerTalk...
[attachment=0]7.1.1ProIIfxROM32MB.JPG[/attachment]
Also next is I need to do the Omega SANE activation to wake up the FPU. This system will get a MacCon ethernet board and maybe a Daystar 50MHz 68030. The first time it booted the garbled looking picture when it was probably doing the memory check caught me off guard but other posts indicate this is normal when you run with the newer ROMs.
Both of these systems are done for now though I need a new front Bezel for the "burnt" looking SE/30 as there is a chunk of it missing on one side.
I plan to have a summer solstice retrobrite party where both sets of plastics will be hopefully reverted back to their prior glory.
In order to get some of the files I needed to this older system, I had to fire up my bridge system which is a PowerMac 7600. I have not started it for over a year and it looks like I found more restorative work that I will be having to do. This saga was a story in and of its own right and I will post this to the Powermac boards. I will give a hint: Processor Daughterboards with electrolytic CAPs like so many other old Mac cases have a limited shelf life!
Brian
Since it appears I have 2 happily working SE/30s I am going to go 2 ways:
The satin finish board is the older board so I am going to go old school with that one. I am going to make it a System 6 with 8MB of RAM that would be the envy of 1988!
The glossy board I am going to go 1993 with that one and have it run System 7.1.1 Pro and have 32MB or RAM with my spare IIfx ROM installed so that I can avoid the whole Mode32 thing.
I have already made progress with my 1993 config:
[attachment=1]GlossyWith7.1.1ProIIfxROM.JPG[/attachment]
Here is a closeup of my 1993 System. The System heap is much too big for my liking and I need to do some system pruning. I will definitely lose the PowerTalk...
[attachment=0]7.1.1ProIIfxROM32MB.JPG[/attachment]
Also next is I need to do the Omega SANE activation to wake up the FPU. This system will get a MacCon ethernet board and maybe a Daystar 50MHz 68030. The first time it booted the garbled looking picture when it was probably doing the memory check caught me off guard but other posts indicate this is normal when you run with the newer ROMs.
Both of these systems are done for now though I need a new front Bezel for the "burnt" looking SE/30 as there is a chunk of it missing on one side.
I plan to have a summer solstice retrobrite party where both sets of plastics will be hopefully reverted back to their prior glory.
In order to get some of the files I needed to this older system, I had to fire up my bridge system which is a PowerMac 7600. I have not started it for over a year and it looks like I found more restorative work that I will be having to do. This saga was a story in and of its own right and I will post this to the Powermac boards. I will give a hint: Processor Daughterboards with electrolytic CAPs like so many other old Mac cases have a limited shelf life!
Brian