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| Where do you actually get accelerators in Europe? | |
| Posted by: Rays on 2022-06-23 00:35:42 I've owned a pretty clean, recapped SE/30 for a number of years now, and I'm using it quite a bit. So far I'm using a SCSI2SD, 128MB of memory and Asante MacCon as upgrades. I was interested in getting an accelerator from the start, but have yet to find anything on the continent. Very rarely something pops up on ebay and could be imported for horrendous sums - it seems most if not all accelerators were never originally sold in Europe. Am I looking in the wrong place? Are there accelerators for other systems that can be hacked to work with the SE/30's PDS slot and that are less rare? Or is there some secret underground market for these rare items I'm not aware of? | |
| Posted by: Byrd on 2022-06-23 01:42:02 We are the secret underground market you are looking for. Check posts by Bolle, who makes new renditions of these cards and is also based in Europe. | |
| Posted by: cheesestraws on 2022-06-23 01:44:01 We get ours from Bolle ;-) More serious answer: I think, especially for the SE/30, which has that kind of cult status, most of the accelerators around, even in the US, are already owned by people who want them and aren't particularly inclined to sell them. Over here, where they were rarer to start with, that's even more noticeable. The only place recently I've seen SE/30 accelerators for sale on a regular basis is Japan, and that's probably partly because the same few eye-wateringly expensive ones go around and around... | |
| Posted by: Phipli on 2022-06-23 07:11:26 Its cheaper to drink heavily so your brain slows down and the SE/30 feels faster, although you keep missing icons. Options are US Prices, Japan + insane shipping or Bolle. Bolle's look nicer 🙂 What type of accelerator are you looking for? fast 030 or an 040? Do you have something specific in mind? | |
Posted by: joshc on 2022-06-23 07:41:09Japan + insane shippingIn my experience shipping costs from Japan haven't been too bad. | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2022-06-23 08:20:01In my experience shipping costs from Japan haven't been too bad.Interesting. I've found shipping plus tax is sometimes enough to cover the difference between European and Japanese prices. | |
| Posted by: Skate323k137 on 2022-06-23 12:12:59 One thing I will say is in general Japanese sellers package really really well. | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2022-06-23 12:15:31One thing I will say is in general Japanese sellers package really really well.Absolutely - I keep the boxes - they're usually double thickness and often use that expanding foam stuff that you get inside new PCs to keep the cards in place. | |
| Posted by: Phipli on 2022-06-24 04:22:43 Not Europe ... but someone is being hopeful 🙂 
RARE Daystar Turbo 040 33MHz CPU Accelerator W/ FPU for Macintosh iici & SE/30!! | eBayFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for RARE Daystar Turbo 040 33MHz CPU Accelerator W/ FPU for Macintosh iici & SE/30!! at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.
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| Posted by: Phipli on 2022-09-09 03:00:47 Edit : Ah, wrong thread sorry. I thought for a second this is where someone was asking about SE cards. Double post, and it isn't in Europe, but this is for sale : 
Radius SE Accelerator 630-5020-D & Mobius 030 / 630-0046 For Macintosh UNTESTED | eBayItem is sold as is.
www.ebay.co.uk
Ignore the listing title and box, its a 16MHz Radius with the optional TPD video card. | |
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