SE/30 hard drive exchange
The SE/30's hard drive runs so noisily that I expect it to break soon. Let's exchange it with BlueSCSI and install the OS.
Macintosh SE/30
by Apple, 1989
Letter from Jean-Michel, who soldered my BlueSCSI:
Let me know how it works out for you! It’s good to read that an SE/30 will once again come back to life. You may know this already but your BlueSCSI has a header to connect the LED indicating hard drive activity. Just connect the LED from your SE/30 to the header circled in red on the picture. Make sure the positive wire (red) is connected to the top pin. Now, every time there’s disk activity, your SE/30 will let you know :)
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