>> If you really want to see a classic Mac go >> fast and astound you find a cheap SE/30. With mine I can watch video, >> surf >> the web in all of its graphical glory, play back high quality music and >> much >> more. > > And which upgrades did you shoe-horn into it? you must at least have a > greyscale card in it to watch video, right? And what about the music - > are you using it to play CDs on and external CD drive because that > doesn't *really* count as a processor intensive exercise, you can do > that on a Classic right?
It is *officially* all processor intensive with the original 16MHz 68030! :-) I found some creative solutions. Here's how you do it: Other than 20MB of RAM and an external SCSI Zip Drive there has been nothing else added. (Its original processor is still soldered in place and the PDS slot is empty) VIDEO: The SE/30 with its stock 16MHz 68030 and internal video with *no* grayscale adapter can play video with full frame, full motion, and sound using Quicktime 2.5. Smaller videos (approx 200x200) work best, however I have at least one heavily compressed video clip that plays back in almost full screen with a few audio breaks. To get best performance I use a RAM Disk application and copy the video clip to the SE/30s RAM Disk using a Zip drive and play it back directly from RAM. I have some friends (PeeCee users) who were at first skeptical of the SE/30 but when they saw video on its tiny black and white screen play with surprising speed they admitted that they really were impressed ;-) Even though I have played many video clips on it I am still amazed by it every time. MUSIC: Although I doubt anyone will ever be able to find a way to play back an MP3 on a 68K machine there is an interesting workaround that I figured out. Using a PowerPC based Mac, I take an MP3 and use SoundApp PPC and convert it into a compressed 16-bit PCM encoded Quicktime Movie soundtrack file and put it on a Zip disk. Using SoundApp 68K on my SE/30, I play back the sound clip directly from the Zip drive on the SE/30. Much like video, playing music on a SE/30 is truly impressive -- especially when I plug my sound system into the Audio Out jack. Now you all know how to use an SE/30 to impress your friends, if anyone has trouble doing anything I have just described just ask me for more details/help. Matt -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
