You may also want to keep your eyes peeled for an Xceed card which allows the SE/30 to drive an external color or grayscale monitor (plus, with a special adapter, you can also get it to drive the internal display in grayscale).
http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/microngray.html I used to have all of these, but when my SE/30 bit the dust, I sold it all to a collector (I was able to get some $300 for the Xceed card alone!). -- Marcio On Mar 22, 2:35 pm, mvinyard26 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all - my first post here! > > I've been an avid mac user for many years, and I just remembered that > probably 10 years ago my cousin gave me a mac SE/30 to screw around > with. I had no idea what the hell I was doing, so it went up in the > attic never to be seen again. well, I was up in the attic today and lo > and behold, there it was! I plugged it in, and after 10 years in the > attic it started right up! the Hard drive has been removed, so all I > get is the blinking disc-with-Queston-mark icon. I think it would be > funny as anything to get it back up and running next to my 20" imac. > I need some information however and I'm hoping you guys can help me > out!!! I need help with the following: > > 1) a hard drive, hard drive cable, and hard drive cage (all removed) > couldn't find on ebay > 2) keyboard and mouse (probably can find on ebay) > 3) software - I know you can download the older mac systems, but I'm > seroiusly lacking in a machine with a floppy drive...any ideas? Also, > what is the optimal OS for this little guy? > 4)somehow the screws holding the case together and I'd love to get'em > > any help anyone can give I would really appreciate it. I don't want to > spend a lot of money on such a silly project but if I can get this guy > running it would rock! > > thanks in advance!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
