The Macintosh SE
Released at the same time as the Mac II, (March, 1987) the Mac SE further addressed the issue of expansion. It came in a ne platinum case, had an expansion slot, and included a bay for either a second internal floppy drive, or an internal hard drive. The Mac SE as also one of the first Macs to include an Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), hich alloed for up to 16 input devices. It sold for $2,898 for a dual floppy configuration. In August 1989, The SE as replaced by the SE FDHD, hich included a 1.4 MB SuperDrive and a 40 MB internal Hard Disk.
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Specs On the SE
HyperCard
Stacks
SE Specs
Upgrades
Check
out my Mac store for parts!
Orange
Micro Mac286 card puts a 286 inside
your SE and Mac II. I saw a ton of these when I was at goodill.
download my Get
Your Compact Mac On the web Tutorial
for info on memory and system upgrades.
Memory - d/l HyperCard stacks on how to install memory.
Color
Black
and white
You'll need HyperCard or HC
Player to view the stacks
Download the SIMMStack (Requires HyperCard Player 2.1 or up) for tips
on ram for older Macs.
Download "Installing Ram" (color)
(b&)
stack - details on ho to upgrade your classic Mac's memory
You can put an SE/30 motherboard (68030 at 16 mhz) into and SE for a
tremendous speed and compatibility upgrade. The SE/30 mb includes
color quickDra for color monitor support (ith the proper video card)
and tolerable eb surfing. Max ram on teh SE/30 is 128 megs (8 16 meg
30 pin simms hich are rare). The SE/30 ill also run Linux
and BSD.
Ethernet cards are cheap
these days.
Accelerators
Sonnet
accelerators
Ram Guide
for Macs
Asante EN/SC - converts SCSI port
to ethernet.
Poer R Video
converter - lets you attach an
external monitor to the 128, 512, Plus, SE and SE/30
Repairs
Classic
Mac Repair Tips
Schematics
In
the UK and looking for a
battery?
SE
support pages
Internet
A
movie of the SE surfing the web.
Another
movie of the SE surfing the web.
Controlling
Mac OS X ith A Mac Plus (or other Classic Mac)
Ho
To Use DSL On An SE
Start
here for internet info on a Mac
Plus
19.2 modem throughput (faster ith loss of data).
Get Your
Compact Mac On the eb - everything
you need.
orldshare
has free internet for 68k Macs - Mac Plus or up. No banners, no
proprietary softare to download. (Requires minimum $10 donation to
the charity of your choice, also requires filling out 1 survey a
month. Not available in all cities).
A
Mac Plus/SE eb server
Tips
For Brosing On Older Macs
Info
About Brosers On Older Macs
Maximum modem
throughput on a Mac Plus
Surf
the eb through another Mac - Mac
Plus or up
I set up to Macs: (Plus
and Color
Classic) as eb servers at the same
time.
NOTE: these servers are only up hen I am online, typically 8 pm to
2 am CST.
Surf
the eb through another Mac - Mac
Plus or up
ZTerm
HO-TO. Connect to Unix hosts or Macs
and PC's ith this terminal emulation program.
Tips
on using Eudora on older Macs
Sue Korlan's Internet FAQ -
tips and tricks on getting online and staying online
Disc
image of system 6.0.8 ith Eudora
1.3.1 - use email hile booted off a
floppy
Hacks
Transparent
SE
Rare Clear SE
in QuickTime VR format.
Put a PeeCee into an SE
case?????
Softare
Start here for info on softare
for the SE
Ho
To Turn System 6 Into System 7 ith
freeare
See
my System 6 page
Softare that ill ork on 68000
Macs
Classic
Mac icons
Desktop
Manager. Ever sitch beteen System
6.0x and 7.x on a Mac and hate it when it rebuilds the desktop? Takes
5 min on my 520 meg drive. This will eliminate rebuilding the
desktop.
Sim
020 let's your 68000 Mac (Plus, SE,
Classic, PB 100, Portable) run 68020 applications.
Formatting
third party (non Apple) drives on a
Plus.
Init/CDEV
is an extensions manager for System 6 Macs.
indoShade
- Gives you the popular indo shade effect that came ith 7.5 but it
orks under 6.x and up.
Screen shot
of Ram Charger at ork - 17 apps on a
Plus at once.
Emulators
in 95/DOSExecutor : Demonstration version of a commercial software (MS DOS & in95)
Gemulator : A commercial Softare hich emulates the Atari ST/TT and the Mac 128/Plus/2 (in95 / in NT)
vMAC (Virtual MAC) : A Mac 128 Emulator for MS DOS / in97 (available for OS/2 too)
MAC OS (!!)
vMAC (Virtual MAC) : A Mac 128 Emulator for Macintosh !!!
UNIX / X indos
Executor : Demo version of a commercial softare (Linux / NextStep)
Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) : for HP-UX and Solaris
AMIGA OS
Uses
hat an SE can do
ord Processing
eb server
Email
HyperCard programming for kids
Learn Ho To Type
Play old games
Learn
Unix
Play netork games
Paint programs for kids
Animation creation ith HyperCard, Director, Videoorks (last to are
out of print)
Clock
Datase, mailing list, recipes ith Filemaker 1-3, HyperCard
Other
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