It’s also easy to break things inadvertently if you’re not careful. Any time you work in these machines you must be familiar with CRT safety. Working inside the SE/30 or any compact mac means you’ll be working around an exposed CRT which can contain dangerous voltages and explosive vacuum pressure. The Danger Zone!īefore we go any further, just a reminder: Safety first. Not only does this ROM make the Mac 32-bit clean, but it also contains other goodies like a super-fast bootable ROM drive, support for HD20s, faster boot time, and some other goodies like a custom happy mac icon and startup chime. One way is by transplanting the ROM from a Mac IIsi or IIfx – but an even more fun way is using a custom ROM like the Mac ROM-inator II. There are a few solutions to make the SE/30 32-bit clean. This prevents it from running software like System 7.6 or Mac OS 8. The SE/30 can support a massive (for its time) amounts of RAM, although the SE/30’s stock ROM is not 32-bit clean – meaning it cannot actually address all of that RAM without a system extension like “Mode 32”. Additionally, I have the steps required to install Mac OS 8 on unsupported 030s like the SE/30.
Along the way I uncovered some interesting SE/30 nuances about RAM installations and custom ROMs that I’d like to share. Since then, I’ve made some additional modifications including more RAM (more than double the Apple-supported amount), a custom Rominator II 32-bit clean ROM, and an installation of an unsupported Mac OS 8. I recently posted about restoring an SE/30 – but the story didn’t end there. Tags 68k Macs 68k mods 80s computers 90s computers abandonware apple AppleTalk atari audio browsers bugs chrome classic macs color classic mystic color classic upgrades emulation ftp games hacks hardware LC linux mac MacEffects Macintosh macintosh classic macintosh mod Mac OS macOS macs mp3 music networking new software open source proxy raspberry pi scsi scsi2sd SE/30 serial ports software sound System 6 system 7 system 7.5 System Folder toys Troubleshooting video Vintage Gadgets vintage macs web server Meta
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