Since I own a Macintosh SE/30…
Mac SE/30, maximum hard disk capacity – Compact Mac –.
RetroMacCast.
On specs and upgrading:
Macintosh SE/30 Info (Apple technote at the WayBack machine).
Mac SE/30 | Low End Mac.
Green Jade, Fafnir specs: Macintosh SE/30.
Macintosh SE/30 | The Mac 512.
Macintosh SE/30 Specs @ EveryMac.com.
Macintosh SE/30 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Macintosh SE/30 – specs and tips.
Software, Drivers, Manuals:
Jag’s Classic Mac Parts.
Mac Driver Museum: Network Card Drivers
Upgrading hardware:
RAM Upgrade: Mac SE/30.
A 128MB SE/30 Takes Forever to Boot – YouTube (well: it takes 2 minutes to cold boot).
Flickr: SE/30 Logic Board (SIMM side).
Flickr: 16MB RAM SIMMs in a Macintosh SE/30 totalling to 128 MB.
Macintosh se 30 128mb of ram 500mb hd and case $150 | Applefritter.
Mac68k Forums: 30-pin SIMMs for IIci from OWC? …
Pismo Downgrade a Treat, IE for OS X, Pimp My SE/30, Education Market Reality, and More.
Compact Flash with SCSI Macs, PB 1400 CD-RW Upgrade Problems, and Web Incompatibilities.
ROM SIMM upgrade:
Dougg3 Hack ROM simm for your IIx – IIfx – IIcx – IIci – IIsi – SE/30 – Hacks & Modifications – ThinkClassic.
dougg3/mac-rom-simm-programmer.
Old World ROM – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A collection of dumped ROM chips relevant to earlier Macintosh-branded computers, for use in research, emulation and recovery for older systems.
Source: Macintosh ROM Archive : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive.
Mac OS Emulator information and resources on Mac OS Emulator.
The Mac SE Support Pages (mostly about SE, but some come in handy for SE/30 as well):
Web browsers for antique Macs.
Mac SEs that won’t boot.
Adding hard drives and removables to a Mac SE.
Macintosh Floppy Emu.
Big Mess o’ Wires » Floppy Emu Disk Emulator.
Opening a Mac SE’s case, adding RAM.
Connecting your SE to a PC.
SE to SE/30 upgrade.
Repairing your Mac SE.
Mac SE port pinouts.
Useful suppliers and online resources.
External and Grey Scale video:
Guide to Video Cards for the 68030 Processor Direct Slot (PDS).
Micron SE/30 GrayScale Adapter.
Micron Xceed for Mac SE/30 | Low End Mac.
SE/30 GrayScale ScreenShots.
Capturing Mac SE’s video from PDS.
LCD TTL: Miracle – MT209A CRT TTL monitor replacement.
Processor upgrades:
DayStar Turbo 040 Processor Upgrade | Low End Mac.
MicroMac DiiMO 030 Accelerator upgrade speeds up Macintosh II CPUs.
Memory upgrades:
Amazon.com: 4x 16MB 64MB 30pin SIMMs RAM MEMORY.
OWC 16MB (16×8) 30 Pin SIMM 60ns in stock at OWC.
Classic and Desktop Macintosh 68K Ram Guide
Hardware repairs:
Simasimac Bringing a Zebra Stripe SE/30 Back to Life.
Macintosh SE/30 Repair – iFixit.
Repair Macintosh SE/30.
Darryl’s Mac Manuals.
Getting Inside Vintage Macs and Swapping Out Bad Parts | Low End Mac.
Solving Mac Startup Problems | Low End Mac.
Bad capacitors.
SE/30 capacitor repair.
mac68k wiki: Capacitor List.
Capacitors on the mainboard.
4 Steps for Resurrecting Old Macs | Low End Mac.
Interchangeabilty and Compatibility of Apple 1.4 MB Floppy SuperDrives | Low End Mac.
Repairing your Mac SE.
My hard disk is dead.
My floppy drive is dead.
SE Saga.
Macintosh SE, SE FDHD & SE/30 QA | The Mac 512.
Hackaday Retro edition: The Macintosh SE/30 | Hackaday.
Maxing out the SE/30: The SE/30 That Does It All: Interview With An Expert Vintage Mac User | Cult of Mac.
32-bit Addressing on Older Macs.
Floppies and drives: 800K double density Mac floppies can only be written by other vintage Macs (you need a SuperDrive that can vary drive speed).
Creating Classic Mac Boot Floppies in OS X | Low End Mac.
Format Any Hard Drive for Older Macs with Patched Apple Tools | Low End Mac.
Making Floppies and CDs for Older Macs Using Modern Macs, Windows, and Linux PCs | Low End Mac
Transferring files:
Tales of Old Mac Data Retrieval | Low End Mac.
Moving Files from Your New Mac to Your Vintage Mac.
Moving Files from Classic Macs to Modern Ones | Low End Mac.
Floppy Drive Observations: A Compleat Guide to Mac Floppy Drives and Disk Formats | Low End Mac.
68k Mac HTTP Disk.
SE/30 Storage Benchmarks.
R-IDSC-E/R Experiments (can use compact flash devices to used over SCSI).
SCSI to IDE and SCSI to CF.
Best Classic Mac OS Prices | Low End Mac.
System software versions:
System 7.5.5 Can Do Anything Mac OS 7.6.1 Can | Low End Mac.
System 7 Today, Advocates of Apple’s ‘Orphan’ Mac OS 7.6.1.
System 7.5 and Mac OS 7.6: The Beginning and End of an Era | Low End Mac.
Why You Should Use Mac OS 7.6 to Get the Most Out of Vintage Macs.
System 7 Today:
System 7 Today – Ultimate Update List – 7.6.x 68k.
System 7 Today – Connect to an OS X file server.
Mac OS 8 and 8.1: Maximum Size, Maximum Convenience | Low End Mac.
Installing OS 8 & OS 8.1 on 68030 Macs.
Connecting ethernet:
Zippy – The friendly, little Mac SE/30 Web Server (archived, has nice exploding view of the Mac SE/30).
Here’s an informal list of old Mac web servers
Asante ASANTE MacCon Family Ethernet Network Cards for the Macintosh Manuals.
LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridge – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Vintage Mac Networking and File Exchange | Low End Mac.
The Truth About CRTs and Shock Danger | Low End Mac.
Mac Driver Museum: Network Card Drivers.
Assante-Matrix-mapping-to-Macintosh-Models.
.: MacLegacy :. SE/30 Ethernet.
Mac Networking & Communications Parts.
Classic Mac Networking.
Farallon EtherMac 030 (cached, uncached)
Guerrilla Networking I: Farallon EtherWave for Macs : Atomic Toasters.
Bridging LocalTalk and Ethernet.
Amazon.com: Asante Talk Ethernet to LocalTalk Bridge: Electronics.
Amazon.com: Asante Micro Asanteprint Apl Bridge 1RJ45 1Aui For Upto 8 Devices: Electronics.
Farallon EtherWave Printer Adapter – Album on Imgur.
Networking in general
mac68k AFP Server Compatibility.
Mac68k AppleTalk Network.
M0115: The Legendary Apple Extended Keyboard | Low End Mac.
Forums
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Mac68k Forums: Forum Home
Mac68k Forums: USB to ADB …
Mac68k Forums: Localtalk bridge …
Mac68k Wiki – mac68k – Confluence (wayback machine: Mac68k Wiki – mac68k – Confluence).
System 6 Boot Process – mac68k – Confluence.
System 7 Boot Process – mac68k – Confluence.
PRAM – mac68k – Confluence.
ROM Interoperability – mac68k – Confluence.
Diagnostic Mode – mac68k – Confluence.
Apple TechStep – Forcedperfect.net.
Mac68k AppleTalk Network – mac68k – Confluence.
DayStar Turbo 040 – 030 PDS Adapters – mac68k – Confluence.
Mac technical notes – mac68k – Confluence.
–jeroen
PS: non-related, but still fun:
Repairing an Apple //c and iDisk for Apple II.
macemu – Basilisk II and SheepShaver Macintosh emulators.
The Official SheepShaver Home Page.
The Official Basilisk II Home Page.
The Official ShapeShifter Home Page (obsoleted by Basilisk II).
The Official Basilisk Home Page (obsoleted by Basilisk II).
RetroRoom.
Apple II Pi | Applefritter.
PS/2: Nice series of pictures: Macintosh SE/30 Overhaul | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Including
Macintosh SE/30 I/O Ports (Including the connectors of the shiva network card).
Shiva Ethernet Card for Macintosh SE/30 having both a 15-pin AUI connector (on the non-visible side of the above PCB-board, but visible in the previous and next picture).
The AUI connector is for a MAU to either 10BASE5 (thickernet), 10BASE2 (thinnet/coax) or (not needed in this case as there is also a twisted pair connector) 10BASET.
Inside the SE/30 before cleaning (also a clear view of the connectors).
Inside the SE/30 after cleaning (nice view of the connectors and cabling between the 2 ethernet boards)
SE/30 Logic Board.
16MB RAM SIMMs in a Macintosh SE/30 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
SE/30 System & Newton 2100 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
RetroBright – SE/30 System AFTER | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
James Wages is a man on a mission. Where you and I might see a tired old computer that’s not much use to anyone anymore, he sees a decent machine with plen
Source: The SE/30 That Does It All: Interview With An Expert Vintage Mac User | Cult of Mac
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