I've seen it done before, I wouldn't use it really i'd just get it for the novelty of the internet from a computer made in 1989
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Internet on an se/30?
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There were many internal Ethernet cards for the SE/30, they can often be found on eBay for less than $20. I used one as my "morning email" computer in my dining room from about 1998-2002, even though it was already horribly obsolete by that point.
The very earliest versions of Netscape Navigator will run on it, although not well. There are no "modern" browsers that will run on it, so browsing most modern websites would be an exercise in frustration. But it would work well for email. There is even a standalone Twitter client that runs on it.
Depending on your definition of "on the internet", even an Apple II can be made to browse the net, or even be a web server.
The very earliest versions of Netscape Navigator will run on it, although not well. There are no "modern" browsers that will run on it, so browsing most modern websites would be an exercise in frustration. But it would work well for email. There is even a standalone Twitter client that runs on it.
Depending on your definition of "on the internet", even an Apple II can be made to browse the net, or even be a web server.
Yes, the Asanté EtherTalk Nubus card works well. I have that card or something similar in my old SE/30 along with system 7.5 and it works to get on the web... slowly. It's the same card that could be used in a Mac IIsi, so that is another thing you could search for, if you're looking for that card particular card.
There are a few Nubus Ethernet cards that will work. Most look something like the one pictured here.
There is even SCSI to Ethernet adapters. Like the two pictured at the bottom of this page by Dayna and Faralon.
LocalTalk to Ethernet is great for printers, but trust me, for transferring files (ie AppleShare) it's painfully slow. Best to get the internal NUBUS or the SCSI to Ethernet type.
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Also, it should be noted that youll probably want 7.5.5 on your SE/30, which can I believe just about browse the internet as far as very simple sites - things like LowEndMac will display OK, but anything above basic HTML will cause havoc - even pictures may cause some hiccups. As stated above, use it for text based things only (email, text-based browsing, twitter etc).
I have a Performa 475 that has 132mb ram, 1mb vram, a ethernet card, a full 040 40mhz CPU (running at 25mhz), running OS 7.6.1, 2gb HDD.
Its a more powerful system but still painful to browse the web with (gets worse when there is pictures displayed). i can only imagine how it would be on a SE/30.
allot of pages will not display properly or work properly.
the best thing to do is disable displaying of pictures unless you really need to see the picture.
Having a FPU did help with the picture loading but not by a huge margin.
text browsing is the way to surf on a old system. The more ram you have the better. even if you have broadband you will find out that it is not fast with loading a page, downloading is slow as well but mainly due to the systems speed.
but you cant beat the feeling of having a old system hooked up to the net.
Its a more powerful system but still painful to browse the web with (gets worse when there is pictures displayed). i can only imagine how it would be on a SE/30.
allot of pages will not display properly or work properly.
the best thing to do is disable displaying of pictures unless you really need to see the picture.
Having a FPU did help with the picture loading but not by a huge margin.
text browsing is the way to surf on a old system. The more ram you have the better. even if you have broadband you will find out that it is not fast with loading a page, downloading is slow as well but mainly due to the systems speed.
but you cant beat the feeling of having a old system hooked up to the net.
I have successfully gotten the internet to work on an SE/30...
Orig. Logic Board with 20mb Memory
Mac OS 7.51
It was able to load the google.com homepage!
It was, however, slow!
Your best but is a Nubus Card.... SCSI to Ethernet devices are difficult to come by these days.
Orig. Logic Board with 20mb Memory
Mac OS 7.51
It was able to load the google.com homepage!
It was, however, slow!
Your best but is a Nubus Card.... SCSI to Ethernet devices are difficult to come by these days.
Try this with Netscape 2.0 for 68k or iCab, it should work like a charm. Good luck with the modern sites that use flash and java, they won't work. But for very basic stuff, you should be OK. Also, the SE/30 works great for e-mail!