Description

Vintage 1991 Apple Mac Macintosh SE/30 M5119 - Restored/Recapped/Serviced/Complete/Working

SE/30 in  great condition. Restored, serviced, tested and working. Recapped logic board. 5MB RAM, 40MB hard disk, keyboard, mouse and original Apple power cord.

The Mac SE/30 is considered to be the best compact Mac ever produced. It is also considered, by some, to be the best Mac ever produced. It is a vintage computer which is very prized by collectors. What is being offered here is a  restored and fully functional unit in great cosmetic condition. A rare and fantastic conversation piece that can be used as a working retro computer from 1991, a retro-gaming computer or a fully functional prop/decorative icon from 30 years ago.

Many hours were spent on disassembly, meticulous dusting and cleaning. The floppy drive has been disassembled, cleaned and lubricated; the old troublesome eject gear has been replaced. The logic board has been cleaned and all its electrolytic capacitors have been replaced ("recapped") by much more reliable tantalum capacitors which do not leak. The logic board has been repaired with the addition of a couple of bog wires. All troublesome solder joints on the analog board have been reflowed - after many years of using the computer, these solder joints tend to crack and cause video issues.

This Mac is equipped with 5MB of RAM taking up the eight RAM slots. The hard disk is a 40MB hard disk. Note: the hard disk was scanned and no errors were detected; however, considering that this disk is over 30 years old, it may be a good idea to eventually consider replacing it by a modern, solid-state, disk.

The keyboard and mouse have been disassembled and thoroughly cleaned. They look, and work great! Note: the keyboard and the mouse have a very lightly engraved identifier on their underside. The Mac also had an a small engraved identifier which was "erased" by the previous owner by melting the surface of the case plastic under the handle (see photos).

This Mac has been extensively tested: sound, keyboard port, mouse port, internal floppy port, external floppy port, internal SCSI port, external SCSI port, serial port have all been tested. The clock/PRAM battery has been removed, but has not been replaced. The screen is in excellent condition: sharp, bright and stable with no screen burn in. This Mac’s four original rubber feet are still present and in great condition (not missing, mushy or deteriorated).

This SE/30 comes with an Apple ADB keyboard, a very long coiled keyboard cable (likely, an aftermarket cable), an Apple ADB mouse, and an Apple power cord. The unit is in great condition with very little yellowing of the plastic!

MacOS 7.0 (French) is installed on the hard disk along with ClarisWorks and a few other programs.

Many SE/30s sold today, are sold as-is, in an unknown internal condition. A few are supposedly able to boot....however, if the logic board capacitors have not been replaced and the battery has not been replaced or removed, these computers will not function reliably for very long! The capacitors in these computers are over 30 years old and are well past their prime. Additionally, surface mount capacitors from the late eighties-early nineties were notoriously prone to leakage. When they leak, these capacitors' electrolyte, which is extremely corrosive, "eats" away printed circuit board traces rendering the computer unusable and difficult/costly to repair. Also, some brands of batteries in these computers had a tendency to literally explode and spill their corrosive guts all over the electronics, rendering  the computer unusable and un-repairable. Unlike most SE/30s being sold, this unit has been restored, recapped, repaired and tested (see pictures). It is in great cosmetic condition and functions perfectly.

Despite this computer having been extensively tested and found to be fully functional, it IS over 30 years old technology and as such, there is no guarantee offered, or implied, for continued functioning. This lot is being sold as-is with no returns accepted.

You’ll get everything needed to plug it in and start using it right away…for a first class trip in time to the very early 1990s!