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Bench testing setup for SE/30

Posted by: pcamen on 2019-03-22 16:51:05 I'm getting tired of pulling my SE/30 motherboards out repeatedly and having to reach in to connect the audio, power/video, floppy, and SCSI cables.  My first thought was to buy longer extension cables for everything. SCSI, no problem. Audio, easy. Floppy, got one. Power ... um.  I am stumped.  I haven't been able to find a pre-made longer male / female extension cable for the motherboard 14 pin molex connector. I thought I found one, but it was the 20 pin variety.  Doh! Anyone have a line on this?  Or is there a better setup?

Posted by: bibilit on 2019-03-23 00:15:56 using a PC male/female extension for years, not all the pins were used in the first place, then cut the cable to suit. Even using an SE for testing purposes, removed the blanking plug out of the rear bucket, made connecting my home made cable really easy as soon as the original power cable was routed through the opening.

Posted by: Bolle on 2019-03-23 01:04:26 Get a standard PC ATX power supply extension and cut off the excess pins.

Posted by: pcamen on 2019-03-23 08:53:37 Cool, thanks guys.  Thinking of the SE/30 lately reminds me when I brought it with me to Zurich in the early 90's to do an internship for the summer - travel bag as a carry on.  I was nervous to have it to through the x-ray scanner but it held up.  I also brought it with me to Microsoft the next year for an internship and was probably one of the few Macs on campus at that time.  Fond memories.  Can't wait to get one in working order again and play with it.  I think traveling with the so called compact Mac helped me with my decision to get PB 180c in 1995 or so.

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