Re: SE/30 Latest

[Paul Brierley]

WOOHOO! My SE/30 is 32 bit clean at last! Following advice from 
yesterday, I just went home, popped the IIsi ROM into place, rebooted 
and sat staring at the vertical lines. After about 45 seconds (can I 
really have been that impatient?) the screen turned to grey and Smiley 
Mac appeared! I was then prompted to reinstall System 7.1 because it 
didn't have the correct software "for this computer model" - previously 
I'd put a custom install of "System Software for SE/30", but doing an 
install with "System Software for Any Mac" seemed to keep it happy. 
After booting, I uninstalled Mode32 and now have full access to 80MB of 
RAM without any trickery.

The moral of this story? Patience! I can't believe that all this time it 
was just my impatience that meant I thought the SIMM wasn't working!

Next stop... OS 8!

Paul

However, my continued attempts to replace my ROM SIMM have failed yet 
again. I'd previously tried doing the switch with System 7.5.3 
installed, and some people suggested that may have been the problem. 
However, as per Gamba's site, having System 7.1 installed results in the 
same problem - horrible mixture of vertical lines and checkerboard 
patterns on screen. I get the startup bong, but that's all. No hard disk 
activity, no change in the onscreen pattern. Pressing the programmers' 
switch results in sad mac chimes, but still no changes on screen.

Any ideas?

Paul

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It can take a long time to boot. Let it sit fore 5 minuets, if it still doesn't boot 
you have a problem. Oh, what rom are you trying to use?
johnsn

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