but its important to some people, hence why ... Click to expand... they bastardise IIsi or IIfx machines. I would consider a IIfx far more worthy than an SE/30. Just remember …

Aaaa... the 6100 doesn't use IDE. It uses SCSI and I don't really remember an upper limit on the size of the hard drive. As long as you are running system 7.5.3 there really is not…

I love the 6100 series, strangely thou I never liked them when they came out. The 7100 series I never really liked simply because of the IIvx case design it used. I always found th…

Not really a myth. Back in the day when these boxes and the 6100 alike was top of the line, several varieties of macs would not boot up with a dead cmos battery installed. Especial…

Would it be possible to make the user profile page automatically contain a link to the corresponding wiki User: page? (One assumes people use the same name in both locations.) I …

I have a Duo Type 3 battery that has a few small dents. Would it be safe to try it in my PowerBook Duo 2300c?

I think a better idea would be removing/unplugging the hard drive, all of the memory, any installed cards, etc. and just try to boot the Macintosh SE/30 with the bare motherboard a…

Thank you.

Yeah...I personally wouldn't run System 7.6 on an SE/30, but its important to some people, hence why the IIsi/IIfx ROM upgrade is so popular.

What sort of state is the Mac Portable battery in? The Mac Portable absolutely needs a good battery installed before the hard drive will spin up. This is because the AC Adaptor a…

...and can never run System 7.6. Click to expand... Forget 7.6, it can run AU/X. Also should be able to to 128Mb still with original ROMs.

porter: The reason why he put the IIsi ROM into the SE/30 is because the IIsi ROM is 32 bit clean, whereas the SE/30 ROM is not. Without a IIsi or IIfx ROM, an SE/30 requires MODE3…

My 6200 came to me with a dead PRAM battery, which I removed, and its never skipped a beat. I think the myth comes from the 6100, which shares a similar model number, and does suff…

The 7100 any day. Why? - Faster in stock form...although most 7100s were the 66 Mhz version, same as the 6100/66, there was also a version which used the 80 Mhz PowerPC 601, which…

Don't forget that the 6200 series will display nothing if a dead PRAM battery is installed, test it with a multimeter to make sure it is near 3.6 volts. Click to expand... Not …

I can't follow what you are saying, is the IIfx a red herring or an essential part of the story? Why put an IIsi ROM in an SE/30 in the first place?

no but you can see me in avatar on the right.

A couple of weeks ago a IIsi ROM SIM appeared on Ebay with buy it now and I promptly grabbed it for my SE/30. The SIM arrived in an anti-static bag and was nicely packed. After d…

I have a pair of 6100's (one has the DOS card) and a pair of 7100 (7100/66). If you do not need Nubus slots I say go with the 6100 with PDS video. For some reason I don't care for …

As long as you do not need much expansion you could put some of the RAM from the 7100 into the 6100 and use the 6100.(they both use the same 72pin in pairs of 2 right?) Alternativ…

turn it into a thin mac, just make a case and order a mini vga to norm cable and go to town!

I haven't played with sound files on the old Macs in a long time, but back in the day I used to use a freeware program called SoundApp, and used to use AIFF files. As for your Mys…

When I got my first new PowerPC, it was a toss up between a 6100 or a 6200+ethernet, the prices were very similar. I choose badly and went for the 6200 and ever since wished I had…

Both are very loaded. Both are in a match to earn my favor. Its a death match between beige macs. 7100: 80mhz 601 & 512k Cache Maximum RAM 1gb HD OS 7.6 No CD ROM St…

Mac128, I'd be happy to test out how the channels are working later this week. If someone could be as kind to a) let me know what type of stereo file i'm making for a system 7.1 m…