Hi David, You should have no issues with your SE/30 on a TCP/IP network with your PC and newer Macs. I use a couple of mine as file servers for my other machines. If it has 10Base2, just get a hub with a BNC connector on it, or replace the NIC which is fairly straight forward. The SE/30 actually makes a new lil email/web system too, but not blazingly fast. You can run a number of versions of IE on it or Netscape. I think that 7.01 will also support TCPIP or MacTCP. Unless you have access to 7.5, you really can't go to 7.5.3. But you sure can get on the web with the machine easy enough. Most of my SE.30's have a standard (for me Configuration) 128 Megs of RAM, and 500M to 2Gig HD. But my new one has 8 Megs and an 80M, and I still got online with it (for email anyways). Maybe search Google for Compact Mac or Classic Mac. :) When you get into setting this up, email me if I can assist you with more specific info.
Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:28 AM Subject: Shiny new Mac SE/30 > I will shortly be acquiring a Macintosh SE/30, and it's coming with a > network card (of a 10base2 type) installed. It's also coming with an OS > installed, System 7.0 I believe, and there's two things I want to do to > it: > > 1. Do a clean install of (an) OS, because the one that's coming with it > is apparently well-used. > 2. Hook it up to my existing home LAN, which includes a Windows PC, a > Power Macintosh G5, and an internet router. > > Presumably on the hardware side I will need a 10base2-10baseT converter, > and that shouldn't be too difficult to find, but my experience with > versions of Mac OS previous to 9 are very limited. I know the latest > version I can run on the SE/30 is System 7.5.5 - does this support > TCP/IP? > > I've fished around the Apple download site and found a full install of > 7.5.3 - but it's designed to be burnt onto a CD. Can I still get CD-ROM > drives for the SE/30? eBay would seem a good bet - what should I search > for? > > I also found a version of 7.0 in floppy format, but my G5 doesn't have a > floppy drive. Buying a USB floppy drive would seem to be one solution for > that, but I was also wondering whether it's possible to boot the SE/30 > over the network and do a clean install that way, possibly from my 7.5.3 > download? > > Advice would be appreciated. :) > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
