I just recently acquired a Macintosh SE/30 in fantastic condition. I'd love to get it hooked up to my ethernet network and hopefully the internet as well. I know about the Asante MacCon PDS Ethernet card for the IIsi and SE/30, but can't seem to find one. There's one here on ebay, but waaay out of my price range: Does anyone here have one for sale? Or know where I could find one? Or know of a comparable solution?

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My goals are to get online (email, twitter, AIM) and connect to my local network (file sharing, perhaps?) I'm new to vintage macs, so please bear with me. I'm particularly fond of the SE/30 because it was introduced right after I was born. It looks like a few people hidden in the framework on that message board have the card. Unrelated question, but i'd rather not start another topic: 1: The power light and sound do not work.

Is this because of a dead battery? No reason to believe they were damaged or anything. 2: there is a small black 'thing' in the case connected to something underneath the PSU with a white wire that, when pushed (like a syringe) pushes out a small hook.

Any idea what this is for? Thanks again! Click to expand.1: I doubt it's a battery problem. The power light might simply be disconnected - it's an easy thing to forget to reattach. Do you get any sound if you connect headphones to the audio out jack?

Non-working external audio can be a sign of leaking capacitors (I have a IIci with this issue). Macs of this vintage are beginning to have issues with this. Fortunately, it's not a death sentence for your SE/30. If you're handy with a soldering iron, you can recap your Mac yourself.

For a fee, you can probably convince someone else to do it for you too. Again, the good folks at the 68kmla can help. Check out this thread: 2: Hmmm.I have no idea. Is it possible it's a security jack of some sort - something that would allow the Mac to be locked down to a table? ^^^ yeah, I can't see any problem with the caps on my IIci, but supposedly it's sometimes not at all obvious. You might want to try checking with the guys over at 68kmla and see what they think.

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Fluid: a powerful site specific browser for mac. There are some members that have crazy amounts of knowledge about the compact Macs. As far as the clips, I've seen those on an accelerator I used to have on a Quadra 900. The clips were to attach to the pins of the Quadra's oscillator - essentially bypassing it and using the accelerator's instead.

I found a really crappy pic of MicroMac's Speedy Accelerator, and you can kind of see the clips there: I have no idea what it's doing on your SE/30 though - maybe the remnants of some upgrade/hack that was installed in the past? Click to expand.Regardless of whether they're leaking or not, If you have a board that is pristine, for the sake of longevity of the board, I'd replace them. These are known to leak and corrode tracks in just about EVERY piece of electronic equipment they are used in.

VCRs, Cam-corders, TVs etc etc caps won't leak and the worst failure is to be blown apart if fitted in reverse or have over-voltage applied. Otherwise, tants tend to short (very rarely). The trouble with using Tantalum is getting the right size for the solder pads which were originally intended for the SMD Electrolytic.

The same values sometimes come in different case sizes (A, B, C, D), but you can get sizes that match. I've done this before. It's entirely up to you to do it or not. If you do possess excellent DE-soldering skills it's worth a try. If not, a local TV/Video repair tech may be able to help.