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| Strange Mac SE 1/40 | |
| Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-18 08:26:45 Hi everyone! I need your thoughts about this ... It seems to be a Macintosh SE 1/40 by looking at the front marking. On the back, it is simply marked Macintosh SE (and not 1/40 as I saw on others SE 1/40) On the back, we can see that there is a PDS card in it with a DB15 connector but ... for which use ? AUI ? Display ? I think there is no display card for SE which uses a DB15 and AUI usually has some sort of hooks on each side of the connector ... Please, tell me if it's a good find or not and if I should buy it or not 😅 | |
| Posted by: slomacuser on 2022-10-18 08:42:09 This is not AUI … I would bet on video card | |
| Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-18 08:57:33 I thought about a SE upgraded in SE/30 with video card too … If it is a SE with video card, which one ?? I did not find any ref about a SE PDS Video card using a DB15 connector 😵 | |
| Posted by: rjkucia on 2022-10-18 10:12:10 I don't have much to add here, just chiming in to say that PDS cards for SE or SE/30 are usually rare enough that (depending on price) it's probably worth buying just for that. | |
| Posted by: rollmastr on 2022-10-18 10:44:31 SE 1/20 and 1/40 are European SE FDHD models. The number stands for the RAM and HDD. I have an 1/40 that came with 1MB RAM and a 40MB HDD. These machines were shipped with the rear "Macintosh SE" label. | |
| Posted by: Aeroform on 2022-10-18 12:02:53 The DisplayServer cards came with both a DB15 and a DB9, and I belive there were some accelerator cards offering an optional display out port. Anyhow, now that you’ve got us all intrigued you simply have to buy it and let us know 😅 What are they asking for it? | |
Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-18 12:20:22The DisplayServer cards came with both a DB15 and a DB9, and I belive there were some accelerator cards offering an optional display out port. Anyhow, now that you’ve got us all intrigued you simply have to buy it and let us know 😅Damn! 🤣 He is asking 150€ and we are in the same city 😅🍀 I will try to negotiate | |
Posted by: Aeroform on 2022-10-18 12:49:10Damn! 🤣 The backplate for those had both connectors on them, so still doesn’t check out 100%. At least we know some had some version of a DB15 on them.. Show him some of all the leboncoin ads selling SE’s for €50-100 😉. Good luck and let us know what you find! | |
| Posted by: kkritsilas on 2022-10-18 16:03:18 Looks like some sort of display card, either stand alone or as part of some accelerator board. The DB-15 port with the screw posts pretty much make it some sort of a display connector. The only real way to see is to take off the back cover/case, and actually look at the card, I guess. | |
| Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-19 00:49:20 Hum ... The guy does not want to sell under 120. I don't know what to do. I don't really "need" this poor SE but I'm curious to know 😵 | |
| Posted by: Corgi on 2022-10-19 00:53:33 My line of thinking would be:
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Posted by: Aeroform on 2022-10-19 00:58:06Hum ... Go to check it out and bring your screwdriver, request that you want to check out potential battery/caps damage before you commit. Sneakingly trying to identify the card when you open it up 🙂. | |
Posted by: Bolle on 2022-10-19 00:59:34Sneakingly trying to identify the card when you open it up Or to check if there's a card at all... the countless SE/30s I bought that just had an expansion bracket installed but no actual video card 😀 | |
| Posted by: rollmastr on 2022-10-22 06:18:05 Before paying 120 for a Mac SE be sure to verify that it is not battery bombed (most of these came with the infamous Maxell batteries) and be aware that the HDD might be on it's way out and the floppy drive will need a clean + lube. | |
| Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-22 06:52:17 So … I bought this Mac … but for 50€ because it did not start up. Clearly, the floppy needs new gears. HDD is sound starting but actually, unable to know if it still works or not. CRT is over too … Once at home, I tryied my bits and fortunately, I have a good one to crack it open !! (Thanks to my Bosch screw driver bits …) And … it is battery bombed 🙁 I don't have enought time to disassemble it more but I took some pictures of the "strange card" we can see at its back. Brand: Memory Plus Model: Modam SE Adaptor (check the picture, I did not make a typo in "MODAM"…) So … is it a typo ? is it a modem adapter ? 🤔 | |
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2022-10-22 06:54:44Brand: Memory Plus That's a monochrome graphics card. I have an SE/30 colour version which I think is called the CODAM or something similar. | |
| Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-22 07:01:33 so MODAM would stand for MOnochrome Display ADapter and CODAM for COlor Display ADapter ? Nice ^^ Thanks ! I need to ask my friend to try to repair/recap it now. 😕 | |
| Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-22 13:38:19 No reference of these cards on this page: 
List of expansion cards for Macintosh
wiki.preterhuman.net
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| Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2022-10-26 00:16:17 @cheesestraws I remember now that I've read your post on this thread: https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/unknown-mac-se-pds-card.42060/#post-456615 !! My friend will try to save this poor battery bombed SE. I hope that the HDD is still working to backup the MoDAM drivers. Did you find any reference on this card somewhere ? I tried googling it but did not find anything 🙁 | |
| Posted by: cheesestraws on 2022-10-26 00:55:51 There is a tiny tickle of a memory that suggests I found a single newsgroup post asserting that the SE version existed, but if I did and that isn't memory playing tricks on me, it didn't say any more than that. | |
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