<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
SE/30	I-Device
is	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
,	O
manufactured	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
from	O
January	O
1989	O
to	O
October	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SE/30	B-Device
has	O
a	O
black-and-white	O
monitor	O
and	O
a	O
single	O
Processor	B-Device
Direct	I-Device
Slot	I-Device
(	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
NuBus	B-Device
slots	O
of	O
the	O
IIx	B-Device
,	O
with	O
which	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
shares	O
a	O
common	O
architecture	O
)	O
which	O
supported	O
third-party	O
accelerators	O
,	O
network	O
cards	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
display	O
adapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SE/30	B-Device
could	O
expand	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
a	O
significant	O
amount	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
40	O
or	O
80	O
MB	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
compact	O
Mac	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
1.44	O
MB	O
high	O
density	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
as	O
standard	O
(	O
late	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
SE	B-Device
had	O
one	O
,	O
but	O
earlier	O
versions	O
did	O
not	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
was	O
demonstrated	O
by	O
its	O
use	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
This	O
Week	O
newspaper	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
colour	O
tabloid	O
newspaper	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
to	O
use	O
new	O
,	O
digital	O
pre-press	O
technology	O
on	O
a	O
personal	O
,	O
desktop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
keeping	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
practice	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
Apple	O
II+	O
until	O
the	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
G3	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
,	O
a	O
logic	O
board	O
upgrade	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
US$	O
1,699	O
to	O
convert	O
a	O
regular	O
SE	B-Device
to	O
an	O
SE/30	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SE	B-Device
would	O
then	O
have	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
specs	O
as	O
an	O
SE/30	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
difference	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
if	O
the	O
SE	B-Device
had	O
an	O
800	O
KB	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
set	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
front	O
bezel	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
original	O
SE	B-Device
bezel	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
an	O
SE/30	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
machine	O
was	O
succeeded	O
in	O
Q4	O
of	O
1990	O
by	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Classic	I-Device
,	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
was	O
n't	O
discontinued	O
until	O
1991	O
by	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Classic	I-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
which	O
despite	O
featuring	O
the	O
same	O
processor	O
and	O
clock	O
speed	O
,	O
was	O
only	O
60%	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
due	O
to	O
its	O
16-bit	O
data	O
path	O
,	O
supported	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
10	O
MB	O
of	O
memory	O
,	O
lacked	O
an	O
internal	O
expansion	O
slot	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
the	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
68882	I-General_Concept
FPU	I-General_Concept
an	O
optional	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
uses	O
32-bit	O
instructions	O
,	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
ROM	B-Device
,	O
like	O
the	O
IIx	B-Device
ROM	B-Device
,	O
includes	O
some	O
code	O
using	O
24-bit	O
addressing	O
,	O
rendering	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
"	O
32-bit	O
dirty	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
limited	O
the	O
actual	O
amount	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
to	O
8	O
MB	O
under	O
System	O
6.0.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
system	B-Operating_System
extension	I-Operating_System
called	O
MODE32	B-Application
enables	O
access	O
to	O
installed	O
extra	O
memory	O
under	O
System	O
6.0.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
System	O
7.0	O
up	O
to	O
System	B-Operating_System
7.5.5	I-Operating_System
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
can	O
use	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
SIMM	B-General_Concept
with	O
one	O
from	O
a	O
Mac	O
IIsi	O
or	O
Mac	B-Device
IIfx	I-Device
makes	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
"	O
32-bit	O
clean	O
"	O
and	O
thereby	O
enables	O
use	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
MB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
System	O
7.5	O
through	O
OS	O
7.6.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
standard	O
SE/30	B-Device
can	O
run	O
up	O
to	O
System	B-Operating_System
7.5.5	I-Operating_System
,	O
since	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
7.6	I-Operating_System
requires	O
a	O
"	O
32-bit	O
clean	O
"	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
can	O
run	O
A/UX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
older	O
version	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
that	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
Macintosh	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
official	O
upgrade	O
path	O
for	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
,	O
several	O
third-party	O
processor	O
upgrades	O
were	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
68040	O
upgrade	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8.1	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
extended	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
'	O
s	O
productive	O
life	O
for	O
many	O
more	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
cards	O
were	O
available	O
,	O
which	O
fit	O
into	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
'	O
s	O
Processor	B-Device
Direct	I-Device
Slot	I-Device
:	O
the	O
8-bit	O
Gray-Scale	O
30	O
,	O
the	O
SE/306	O
-48	O
,	O
640x480	O
resolution	O
8-bit	O
color	O
,	O
and	O
SE/3010	O
-78	O
1024x768	O
resolution	O
8-bit	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
SE/30	I-Device
:	O
Available	O
in	O
multiple	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
F	O
.	O
Webster	O
wrote	O
in	O
Macworld	O
in	O
March	O
1989	O
that	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
did	O
not	O
"	O
break	O
new	O
ground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
January	O
2009	O
Macworld	O
feature	O
commemorating	O
the	O
25th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
,	O
three	O
industry	O
commentators	O
–	O
Adam	O
C	O
.	O
Engst	O
of	O
TidBITS	O
,	O
John	O
Gruber	O
of	O
Daring	B-Application
Fireball	I-Application
,	O
and	O
John	O
Siracusa	O
of	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
–	O
chose	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
as	O
their	O
favorite	O
Mac	O
model	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Like	O
any	O
great	O
Mac	O
,	O
"	O
wrote	O
Gruber	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
was	O
n't	O
just	O
a	O
terrific	O
system	O
just	O
when	O
it	O
debuted	O
;	O
it	O
remained	O
eminently	O
usable	O
for	O
years	O
to	O
come	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
I	O
think	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Mac	O
era	O
,	O
the	O
machine	O
in	O
my	O
mind	O
is	O
the	O
SE/30.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SE/30	B-Device
remains	O
popular	O
with	O
hobbyists	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
“	O
the	O
best	O
computer	O
Apple	O
will	O
ever	O
make	O
,	O
”	O
with	O
used	O
models	O
selling	O
for	O
a	O
significant	O
premium	O
relative	O
to	O
other	O
machines	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contemporary	O
PDS	O
upgrades	O
allowed	O
an	O
SE/30	B-Device
'	O
s	O
internal	O
monitor	O
to	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
support	O
256	O
shades	O
of	O
gray	O
(	O
the	O
only	O
original-design	O
Macintosh	O
to	O
support	O
such	O
an	O
upgrade	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
68040	O
processor	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
'	O
s	O
standard	O
RAM	B-Architecture
limit	O
of	O
128	O
MB	O
greatly	O
exceeded	O
even	O
that	O
of	O
much	O
later	O
models	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Color	O
Classic	O
and	O
Macintosh	O
LC	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
add-ons	O
and	O
software	O
became	O
available	O
to	O
add	O
WiFi	O
and	O
even	O
make	O
the	O
SE/30	B-Device
work	O
as	O
a	O
remote	O
control	O
for	O
Spotify	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
NBC	O
TV	O
series	O
Seinfeld	O
,	O
Jerry	O
has	O
an	O
SE/30	B-Device
sitting	O
on	O
his	O
desk	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
seasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
many	O
Macs	O
to	O
occupy	O
the	O
desk	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
PowerBook	B-Device
Duo	I-Device
and	O
a	O
Twentieth	B-Device
Anniversary	I-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
FX	O
series	O
It	O
's	O
Always	O
Sunny	O
in	O
Philadelphia	O
,	O
the	O
Waitress	O
is	O
seen	O
with	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
SE/30	I-Device
on	O
her	O
bedroom	O
desk	O
in	O
the	O
episode	O
"	O
The	O
Gang	O
Gives	O
Back	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
film	O
Watchmen	O
,	O
Ozymandias	O
has	O
an	O
all-black	O
TEMPEST-shielded	O
SE/30	B-Device
on	O
his	O
desk	O
.	O
</s>
