Mac SE30

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sun Mar 18 18:59:39 2001

On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 jpero_at_sympatico.ca wrote:

> > Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:52:04 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
> > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: Mac SE30
> > Reply-to: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, John Rollins wrote:
> >
> snip
> > It has 5,120k and Ramdoubler for a total memory of 10,240k. I surmise
> > that Ramdoubler is some kind of a disk cache thing. Probably, I should
> > look into putting more memory into it. The HD is small - 30mb - but I
> > already have plans to increase that by x30.
>
> Sounds like you have 4 x 256K and 4 x 1M simms installed for 5MB.
> Still too small and that ramdoubler is last thing you want on that
> sleepy 16MHz mac since that program takes some of processing time
> pie, get it off and swap the 256K for 1M to get 8MB total.
> Remove the hd doubler driver it if it has one, ram/cpu eater. Any 30
> pin simms parity or nonparity and speeds will work since this thing
> use slow, slow 120ns speed (!!). SE/30 is 32bit dirty, needs a
> driver to overcome this. Max is 32MB using 16MB sticks. More ram
> is better on any Macs.
>
> This little HD needs to go and put in at least 200MB to 500MB,
> faster the better to "overwhelm" that sluggard 16 MHz cpu. Fix the
> HD SC 7.3.5 to let you format any non-apple scsi HDs. So far I have
> done 2 successfully and plans to do more later on. Apple always
> skimps on scsi HDs using low end types. Read: Slow. I was lucky to
> find a 230MB Quantum LPS, it is 4500rpm w/ 256K buffer w/ apple
> rom on it. I know because I had IDE version of this type,
> blazing fast. :-) But I need much bigger than this. I have few
> 2.1GB (two 7,200rpm and one honking big 5.25" FH 5400rpm) and one
> 3.2 GB to play with.
>
> Oh yeah, I recommand getting external HD box to keep your stuff
> offline for installing stuff or transferring data between two macs.
> I found this best way without resorting to using drivers especially
> with removeables. This happens because most used removeable boxens
> often didn't come with drivers. I'm looking for mac driver for my
> APS 230MB MO. When bought new they did have own drivers included.
> Lusers didn't save them to disks! :-P
>
> Mine is LC III (68030 25 MHz) and C 610 (68LC040 20 MHz) running 7.5
> so I have pretty good idea of what performance is like. Oh yes,
> friend's LC (dead slow) and LC 630 CD DOS compatiable both running
> 7.x The fastest mac went to LC 630 due to speedy 540MB IDE (!!) and
> cpu in it 66 MHz.
>
> But 7.5.5 is highly recommanded, when SE/30 came out w/ original OS
> it had 6.0.3.
>
> The best parts about this SE/30, it already has FPU (68882),
> seperate VRAM for video and superdrive 1.44MB. In all, this gives
> this compact mac highest performace machine for it's time. Oh, 30MB
> is not stock size. Should had 40 or 80MB when new. Don't forget to
> check that 3.6V lithium N size battery behind little door. :-O
>
> > Sounds like the way to go. Thanks!
> >
> > - don
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wizard
>

Thanks, I'll see what I can get together.
                                                 - don
Received on Sun Mar 18 2001 - 18:59:39 GMT