3 ms·

Ultimate Doom on an 80s Compact Mac? [video]

33 points by marban 4y ago

wombatpm 4y ago
It’s a Mac SE/30 which had the same processor as the original MacII
- msla 4y ago
  So a Motorola 68030, which was a workstation-class processor to Sun and Apollo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68030 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68030 > It was also used in Unix workstations such as the Sun Microsystems Sun-3x line of desktop workstations (the earlier "sun3" used a 68020), Apollo Computer's DN3500 and DN4500 workstations Also, the original Macintosh II used the 68020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II which was still workstation-class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68020 > The 68020 was used in the Apple Macintosh II and Macintosh LC personal computers, Sun-3 workstations, Amiga 1200 (68EC020 variant), the Hewlett-Packard 8711 Series Network Analyzers, HP 9000/320, HP 9000/330, Apollo Computer's DN3000 and DN4000 workstations,[19] and the Alpha Microsystems AM-2000.
  - chongli 4y ago
    The SE/30 debuted at $4,300 ($10,000 today). It was upgradable to 128 MB of RAM and could run Mac OS 8.1 with the 32-bit clean ROM update. The machine was definitely a workstation in its day. An absolute beast and much beloved in vintage Mac groups today!
  - icedchai 4y ago
    The '030 was also used in the Amiga 2500/30 and Amiga 3000 (my favorite system from the 90's.)
- Lammy 4y ago
  Same as a MacⅡx, but they wisely avoided calling it the SE/x.
trasher9009 4y ago
OMG! I loved this update to Doom. This had the 4th episode called Thy Flesh Consumed, which consisted of 9 new levels that were super difficult compared to the original release of the first 3 episodes. If you guys remember Ultimate Doom introduced the 200% health and armor and the crazy Nightmare level. Anyways thanks for this haha, just reminiscing on a favorite game of mine. Sorry I dont have a compact mac from the 80s though but interesting vid haha

33 points by marban 4y ago

wombatpm 4y ago

It’s a Mac SE/30 which had the same processor as the original MacII

msla 4y ago
So a Motorola 68030, which was a workstation-class processor to Sun and Apollo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68030 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68030 > It was also used in Unix workstations such as the Sun Microsystems Sun-3x line of desktop workstations (the earlier "sun3" used a 68020), Apollo Computer's DN3500 and DN4500 workstations Also, the original Macintosh II used the 68020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II which was still workstation-class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68020 > The 68020 was used in the Apple Macintosh II and Macintosh LC personal computers, Sun-3 workstations, Amiga 1200 (68EC020 variant), the Hewlett-Packard 8711 Series Network Analyzers, HP 9000/320, HP 9000/330, Apollo Computer's DN3000 and DN4000 workstations,[19] and the Alpha Microsystems AM-2000.
- chongli 4y ago
  The SE/30 debuted at $4,300 ($10,000 today). It was upgradable to 128 MB of RAM and could run Mac OS 8.1 with the 32-bit clean ROM update. The machine was definitely a workstation in its day. An absolute beast and much beloved in vintage Mac groups today!
- icedchai 4y ago
  The '030 was also used in the Amiga 2500/30 and Amiga 3000 (my favorite system from the 90's.)
Lammy 4y ago
Same as a MacⅡx, but they wisely avoided calling it the SE/x.

trasher9009 4y ago

OMG! I loved this update to Doom. This had the 4th episode called Thy Flesh Consumed, which consisted of 9 new levels that were super difficult compared to the original release of the first 3 episodes. If you guys remember Ultimate Doom introduced the 200% health and armor and the crazy Nightmare level. Anyways thanks for this haha, just reminiscing on a favorite game of mine. Sorry I dont have a compact mac from the 80s though but interesting vid haha