c3ar@daisy.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) (02/02/89)
Two questions for those of you who know about (or have
actually *seen*) the new SE/30:
(1) Is it true that the version without hard drive comes
with only *one* FDHD Superdrive? The pictures I've seen
seem to have a slot for only one internal floppy drive.
What good is a floppy based system with only one drive?
(2) Will the SE/30 run all existing software that runs on,
say, a MacPlus or a plain SE?
--Walter
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Walter C3arlip c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu
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_____________________________________________________________________________newman@ut-emx.UUCP (Dave Newman) (02/02/89)
The Photo of the SE/30 I saw only had ONE floppy drive slot.
See the latest MacUser.
>>Daverob@uokmax.UUCP (Robert K Shull) (02/02/89)
In article <1690@tank.uchicago.edu> c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes: > ...only *one* FDHD Superdrive? The pictures I've seen > seem to have a slot for only one internal floppy drive. > What good is a floppy based system with only one drive? It's useful for buying a 3rd party harddrive or a second floppy. (I've been wishing for this ever since I saw the original SE) I mean, your only choices were two floppies or a slow 20 meg drive. > >(2) Will the SE/30 run all existing software that runs on, > say, a MacPlus or a plain SE? More likely, it will run everything that will work on a Mac II or IIx. -- Robert K. Shull sun!texsun!uokmax!rob
mce@tc.fluke.COM (Brian McElhinney) (02/04/89)
In article <1690@tank.uchicago.edu> c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes: > What good is a floppy based system with only one drive? It's great for those of us who like fast, cheap, warrentied hard disks... If you really want a dual floppy system, price an external 1.44 Mb Apple floppy and then see how much more a third-party hard disk is. And then spend the difference (it's the American way!). Brian McElhinney mce@tc.fluke.com
ngg@bridge2.3Com.Com (Norman Goodger) (02/09/89)
Article<1690@tank.uchicago.edu>c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes: >Two questions for those of you who know about (or have >actually *seen*) the new SE/30: >(1) Is it true that the version without hard drive comes > with only *one* FDHD Superdrive? The pictures I've seen > seem to have a slot for only one internal floppy drive. > What good is a floppy based system with only one drive? There is still a port for an external floppy drive, though I think that all configurations include a HD.. >(2) Will the SE/30 run all existing software that runs on, > say, a MacPlus or a plain SE? > Anything that runs on a Mac II and up will run on the SE30, as there is still some software that is to hardware specfic floating around that willl of course not work.... -- Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 3Com Corp. Co-Sysop FreeSoft RT - GEnie. Enterprise Systems Division