{"id":21542,"date":"2025-07-08T11:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=21542"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:47:43","slug":"vin67","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/item\/vin67\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Macintosh SE\/30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 1989 Macintosh SE\/30 packed a 16 MHz Motorola 68030, 68882 floating-point unit, 1.4 MB SuperDrive, SCSI, and unusually generous expandable memory into the classic 9-inch monochrome compact-Mac case effectively much of the power of Apple\u2019s Macintosh IIx in a small all-in-one machine.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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The SE\/30 was the performance pinnacle of the compact black-and-white Macs: it made serious desktop publishing, programming, networking, and technical work practical in a compact form factor, while its PDS expansion slot and potential 128 MB RAM made it exceptionally upgradeable for its era. Though it was expensive rather than a mass-market bestseller, its long-lived capability and enthusiast following made it one of the most respected, and today most collectible, classic Macs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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