[NTLK] Off Topic: Macintosh SE/30 - to buy or not to buy?

[James Fraser]

Hello,

--- On Wed, 11/7/12, Chris Browder <kcfoxie at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is an example of a cool Mac SE, but one that you will not be able to >use to connect to your Newton:

You know, now that you mention it (and since this is NewtonTalk), it might be nice to see an SE/30 and a MessagePad paired up together:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66071596@N00/2789811500/

(James Wages' photostream)

Of course, he's "cheating" a little bit, because he does have a IIsi ROM installed in the SE/30, but you can't have everything. ;)  Seriously, though, it looks like he put a lot of work into that setup (and it must be nice to run NCU on a machine with a built-in serial port and System 7).

Also, he's one of the few people I have heard of who have ever played around with Newton Keyboard Enabler:

http://www.sarnau.info/software:newton_keyboard_enabler

http://preview.tinyurl.com/acx2gu7

...which is something I keep meaning to try out myself.....RSN. :)

Anyway, great stuff.


Best,

James Fraser