Macintosh SE/30 |
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Code Names: Green Jade, Fafnir
Specifications:
Processor: Motorola 32-bit 68030 processor running at 16 MHz.
Memory:
included 1-8 MB of RAM, 256k ROM
Drives:
a 1.44MB Apple SuperDrive , as well as a 40MB or 80MB 3.5"
HD in it's second drive bay.
Display:
built-in 9-inch diagonal, 512 by 342-pixel bitmapped display.
Expansion:
1 PDS slot, 1 extra drive bay.
Ports:
two ADB connectors, two RS-232/RS-422 serial ports, SCSI interface,
ASC sound chip with stereo capability
Operating Systems:
Mac OS: supports System 6.04-7.01, 7.1, 7.11 Pro, 7.5-7.51,
7.53-7.55.
On the market for: 1 year, 10 months.
Interesting Facts:
I took a trip to New York City in December
'97, and was able to visit the Museum of Modern Art. Though the
museum itself wasn't as impressive as I had hoped, I was struck
with utter pride to see a Mac SE on permanent display next to
other great works of art in this century. Why not? That was what
Jobs wanted in the first place (and probably had something to
do with it). Though they mislabeled the model and release date,
at least they got the design company, frogdesign, correctly.
Though the SE/30, along with the Mac II, IIx, and IIcx had 32-bit
processors, they could not support 32-bit addressing (be
32-bit clean). The Se/30 used only 24 bits instead of the entire
32. Because of this, some SE/30 are limited to 8MB of RAM instead
of 128MB. You need the 32-bit Enabler extension provided with
System 7.1 to actually address all 32 bits, or make it "clean".
Resources and Related Links:
Apple's Technical Information
Library
David Pogue's and Joseph Schorr's Macworld
Mac SECRETS.
Picture above from Sun Remarketing.